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   1 =head1 NAME
   2
   3 memcached_create, memcached_free - Create a memcached_st structure
   4
   5 =head1 LIBRARY
   6
   7 C Client Library for memcached (libmemcached, -lmemcached)
   8
   9 =head1 SYNOPSIS
  10
  11   #include <memcached.h>
  12
  13   memcached_st *memcached_create (memcached_st *ptr);
  14
  15   void memcached_free (memcached_st *ptr);
  16
  17   memcached_st *memcached_clone (memcached_st *destination, memcached_st *source);
  18
  19 =head1 DESCRIPTION
  20
  21 memcached_create() is used to create a C<memcached_st> structure that will then
  22 be used by other libmemcached(3) functions to communicate with the server. You
  23 should either pass a statically declared C<memcached_st> to memcached_create() or
  24 a NULL. If a NULL passed in then a structure is allocated for you.
  25
  26 memcached_clone() is similar to memcached_create(3) but it copies the
  27 defaults and list of servers from the source C<memcached_st>. If you pass a null as
  28 the argument for the source to clone, it is the same as a call to memcached_create().
  29 If the destination argument is NULL a C<memcached_st> will be allocated for you.
  30
  31 To clean up memory associated with a C<memcached_st> structure you should pass
  32 it to memcached_free() when you are finished using it. memcached_free() is
  33 the only way to make sure all memory is deallocated when you finish using
  34 the structure.
  35
  36 You may wish to avoid using memcached_create(3) or memcached_clone(3) with a
  37 stack based allocation. The most common issues related to ABI safety involve
  38 heap allocated structures.
  39
  40 =head1 RETURN
  41
  42 memcached_create() returns a pointer to the memcached_st that was created
  43 (or initialized). On an allocation failure, it returns NULL.
  44
  45 memcached_clone() returns a pointer to the memcached_st that was created
  46 (or initialized). On an allocation failure, it returns NULL.
  47
  48 =head1 HOME
  49
  50 To find out more information please check:
  51 L<http://tangent.org/552/libmemcached.html>
  52
  53 =head1 AUTHOR
  54
  55 Brian Aker, E<lt>brian@tangent.orgE<gt>
  56
  57 =head1 SEE ALSO
  58
  59 memcached(1) libmemcached(3) memcached_strerror(3)
  60
  61 =cut
  62