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[awesomized/libmemcached] / source / memcached_create.rst
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2 Creating and destroying a memcached_st
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6 SYNOPSIS
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9 #include <libmemcached/memcached.h>
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11 .. c:type:: memcached_st
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13 .. c:function:: memcached_st* memcached_create(memcached_st *ptr)
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15 .. c:function:: void memcached_free(memcached_st *ptr)
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17 .. c:function:: memcached_st* memcached_clone(memcached_st *destination, memcached_st *source)
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19 .. c:function:: void memcached_servers_reset(memcached_st)
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21 Compile and link with -lmemcached
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25 DESCRIPTION
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28 :c:func:`memcached_create` is used to create a :c:type:`memcached_st`
29 structure that will then be used by other libmemcached(3) functions to
30 communicate with the server. You should either pass a statically declared
31 :c:type:`memcached_st` to :c:func:`memcached_create` or
32 a NULL. If a NULL passed in then a structure is allocated for you.
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34 Please note, when you write new application use
35 :c:func:`memcached` over :c:func:`memcached_create`.
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37 :c:func:`memcached_clone` is similar to :c:func:`memcached_create` but
38 it copies the defaults and list of servers from the source
39 :c:type:`memcached_st`. If you pass a null as the argument for the source
40 to clone, it is the same as a call to :c:func:`memcached_create`.
41 If the destination argument is NULL a :c:type:`memcached_st` will be allocated
42 for you.
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44 :c:func:`memcached_servers_reset` allows you to zero out the list of
45 servers that the :c:type:`memcached_st` has.
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47 To clean up memory associated with a :c:type:`memcached_st` structure you
48 should pass it to :c:func:`memcached_free` when you are finished using it.
49 :c:func:`memcached_free` is the only way to make sure all memory is
50 deallocated when you finish using the structure.
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52 You may wish to avoid using memcached_create(3) or memcached_clone(3) with a
53 stack based allocation. The most common issues related to ABI safety involve
54 heap allocated structures.
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58 RETURN
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62 :c:func:`memcached_create` returns a pointer to the :c:type:`memcached_st`
63 that was created (or initialized). On an allocation failure, it returns NULL.
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65 :c:func:`memcached_clone` returns a pointer to the :c:type:`memcached_st`
66 that was created (or initialized). On an allocation failure, it returns NULL.
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70 HOME
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74 To find out more information please check:
75 `http://libmemcached.org/ <http://libmemcached.org/>`_
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79 SEE ALSO
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83 :manpage:`memcached(1)` :manpage:`libmemcached(3)` :manpage:`memcached_strerror(3)`