node/lib/smalloc.js

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var smalloc = process.binding('smalloc');
var kMaxLength = smalloc.kMaxLength;

exports.alloc = alloc;
exports.copyOnto = smalloc.copyOnto;
exports.dispose = dispose;

// don't allow kMaxLength to accidentally be overwritten. it's a lot less
// apparent when a primitive is accidentally changed.
Object.defineProperty(exports, 'kMaxLength', {
  writable: false,
  value: kMaxLength
});


function alloc(n, obj) {
  n = ~~n;

  if (n > kMaxLength)
    throw new RangeError('n > kMaxLength');
  if (IS_ARRAY(obj))
    throw new TypeError('Arrays are not supported');

  return smalloc.alloc(IS_UNDEFINED(obj) ? {} : obj, n);
}


function dispose(obj) {
  if (IS_BUFFER(obj))
    throw new TypeError('obj cannot be a Buffer');
  smalloc.dispose(obj);
}