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1 =head1 NAME
2
3 memcached_create, memcached_free
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 *clone, 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 clone 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 =head1 RETURN
37
38 memcached_create() returns a pointer to the memcached_st that was created
39 (or initialized). On an allocation failure, it returns NULL.
40
41 memcached_clone() returns a pointer to the memcached_st that was created
42 (or initialized). On an allocation failure, it returns NULL.
43
44 =head1 HOME
45
46 To find out more information please check:
47 L<http://tangent.org/552/libmemcached.html>
48
49 =head1 AUTHOR
50
51 Brian Aker, E<lt>brian@tangent.orgE<gt>
52
53 =head1 SEE ALSO
54
55 memcached(1) libmemcached(3) memcached_strerror(3)
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57 =cut
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