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195 <h1>Creating and destroying a memcached_st<a class="headerlink" href="#creating-and-destroying-a-memcached-st" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
196 <div class="section" id="synopsis">
197 <h2>SYNOPSIS<a class="headerlink" href="#synopsis" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
198 <dl class="simple">
199 <dt>#include &lt;libmemcached/memcached.h&gt;</dt><dd><p>Compile and link with -lmemcached</p>
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202 <dl class="cpp type">
203 <dt id="_CPPv412memcached_st">
204 <span id="_CPPv312memcached_st"></span><span id="_CPPv212memcached_st"></span><span id="memcached_st"></span><em class="property">typedef </em><em class="property">struct</em> <a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv412memcached_st" title="memcached_st">memcached_st</a> <code class="sig-name descname">memcached_st</code><a class="headerlink" href="#_CPPv412memcached_st" title="Permalink to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
205 <dd></dd></dl>
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207 <dl class="cpp function">
208 <dt id="_CPPv416memcached_createP12memcached_st">
209 <span id="_CPPv316memcached_createP12memcached_st"></span><span id="_CPPv216memcached_createP12memcached_st"></span><span id="memcached_create__memcached_stP"></span><a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv412memcached_st" title="memcached_st">memcached_st</a> *<code class="sig-name descname">memcached_create</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv412memcached_st" title="memcached_st">memcached_st</a> *<em>ptr</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#_CPPv416memcached_createP12memcached_st" title="Permalink to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
210 <dd><dl class="field-list simple">
211 <dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
212 <dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>ptr</strong> -- pointer to user-allocated <a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv412memcached_st" title="memcached_st"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_st</span></code></a> struct or null pointer</p>
213 </dd>
214 <dt class="field-even">Returns</dt>
215 <dd class="field-even"><p>pointer to initialized <a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv412memcached_st" title="memcached_st"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_st</span></code></a> struct</p>
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221 <dt id="_CPPv414memcached_freeP12memcached_st">
222 <span id="_CPPv314memcached_freeP12memcached_st"></span><span id="_CPPv214memcached_freeP12memcached_st"></span><span id="memcached_free__memcached_stP"></span>void <code class="sig-name descname">memcached_free</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv412memcached_st" title="memcached_st">memcached_st</a> *<em>ptr</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#_CPPv414memcached_freeP12memcached_st" title="Permalink to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
223 <dd><dl class="field-list simple">
224 <dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
225 <dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>ptr</strong> -- pointer to initialized <a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv412memcached_st" title="memcached_st"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_st</span></code></a> struct to destroy and possibly free</p>
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231 <dt id="_CPPv415memcached_cloneP12memcached_stP12memcached_st">
232 <span id="_CPPv315memcached_cloneP12memcached_stP12memcached_st"></span><span id="_CPPv215memcached_cloneP12memcached_stP12memcached_st"></span><span id="memcached_clone__memcached_stP.memcached_stP"></span><a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv412memcached_st" title="memcached_st">memcached_st</a> *<code class="sig-name descname">memcached_clone</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv412memcached_st" title="memcached_st">memcached_st</a> *<em>destination</em>, <a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv412memcached_st" title="memcached_st">memcached_st</a> *<em>source</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#_CPPv415memcached_cloneP12memcached_stP12memcached_st" title="Permalink to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
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234 <dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
235 <dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
236 <li><p><strong>destination</strong> -- pointer to user-allocated <a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv412memcached_st" title="memcached_st"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_st</span></code></a> struct or null pointer</p></li>
237 <li><p><strong>source</strong> -- pointer to initialized <a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv412memcached_st" title="memcached_st"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_st</span></code></a> struct to copy from</p></li>
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240 <dt class="field-even">Returns</dt>
241 <dd class="field-even"><p>pointer to newly initialized <a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv415memcached_cloneP12memcached_stP12memcached_st" title="memcached_clone::destination"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">destination</span></code></a>, copied from <a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv415memcached_cloneP12memcached_stP12memcached_st" title="memcached_clone::source"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">source</span></code></a></p>
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247 <dt id="_CPPv423memcached_servers_resetP12memcached_st">
248 <span id="_CPPv323memcached_servers_resetP12memcached_st"></span><span id="_CPPv223memcached_servers_resetP12memcached_st"></span><span id="memcached_servers_reset__memcached_stP"></span>void <code class="sig-name descname">memcached_servers_reset</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv412memcached_st" title="memcached_st">memcached_st</a> *<em>ptr</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#_CPPv423memcached_servers_resetP12memcached_st" title="Permalink to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
249 <dd><dl class="field-list simple">
250 <dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
251 <dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>ptr</strong> -- pointer to initialized <a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv412memcached_st" title="memcached_st"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_st</span></code></a> struct</p>
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257 <div class="section" id="description">
258 <h2>DESCRIPTION<a class="headerlink" href="#description" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
259 <p><a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv416memcached_createP12memcached_st" title="memcached_create"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_create()</span></code></a> is used to create a <a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv412memcached_st" title="memcached_st"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_st</span></code></a> structure that will then
260 be used by other <code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">libmemcached</span></code> functions to communicate with the server. You
261 should either pass a statically declared <a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv412memcached_st" title="memcached_st"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_st</span></code></a> to <a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv416memcached_createP12memcached_st" title="memcached_create"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_create()</span></code></a> or
262 a NULL. If a NULL passed in then a structure is allocated for you.</p>
263 <p>Please note, when you write new application use <a class="reference internal" href="configuration.html#_CPPv49memcachedPKc6size_t" title="memcached"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached()</span></code></a> over
264 <a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv416memcached_createP12memcached_st" title="memcached_create"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_create()</span></code></a>.</p>
265 <p><a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv415memcached_cloneP12memcached_stP12memcached_st" title="memcached_clone"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_clone()</span></code></a> is similar to <a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv416memcached_createP12memcached_st" title="memcached_create"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_create()</span></code></a> but it copies the defaults
266 and list of servers from the source <a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv412memcached_st" title="memcached_st"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_st</span></code></a> pointer. If you pass a null
267 as the argument for the source to clone, it is the same as a call to
268 <a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv416memcached_createP12memcached_st" title="memcached_create"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_create()</span></code></a>. If the destination argument is NULL a <a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv412memcached_st" title="memcached_st"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_st</span></code></a> will be
269 allocated for you.</p>
270 <p><a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv423memcached_servers_resetP12memcached_st" title="memcached_servers_reset"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_servers_reset()</span></code></a> allows you to zero out the list of servers that the
271 <a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv412memcached_st" title="memcached_st"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_st</span></code></a> has.</p>
272 <p>To clean up memory associated with a <a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv412memcached_st" title="memcached_st"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_st</span></code></a> structure you should pass it
273 to <a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv414memcached_freeP12memcached_st" title="memcached_free"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_free()</span></code></a> when you are finished using it. <a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv414memcached_freeP12memcached_st" title="memcached_free"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_free()</span></code></a> is the only
274 way to make sure all memory is deallocated when you finish using the structure.</p>
275 <p>You may wish to avoid using <a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv416memcached_createP12memcached_st" title="memcached_create"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_create()</span></code></a> or <a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv415memcached_cloneP12memcached_stP12memcached_st" title="memcached_clone"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_clone()</span></code></a> with a stack
276 based allocation. The most common issues related to ABI safety involve heap
277 allocated structures.</p>
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279 <div class="section" id="return-value">
280 <h2>RETURN VALUE<a class="headerlink" href="#return-value" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
281 <p><a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv416memcached_createP12memcached_st" title="memcached_create"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_create()</span></code></a> returns a pointer to the <a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv412memcached_st" title="memcached_st"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_st</span></code></a> that was created (or
282 initialized). On an allocation failure, it returns NULL.</p>
283 <p><a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv415memcached_cloneP12memcached_stP12memcached_st" title="memcached_clone"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_clone()</span></code></a> returns a pointer to the <a class="reference internal" href="#_CPPv412memcached_st" title="memcached_st"><code class="xref cpp cpp-any docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memcached_st</span></code></a> that was created (or
284 initialized). On an allocation failure, it returns NULL.</p>
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