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Memory Allocators

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deprecated way to allocate chunks of memory for #GList, #GSList and #GNode.

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Prior to 2.10, #GAllocator was used as an efficient way to allocate 
small pieces of memory for use with the #GList, #GSList and #GNode data 
structures. Since 2.10, it has been completely replaced by the 
<link linkend="glib-Memory-Slices">slice allocator</link> and deprecated.
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The <structname>GAllocator</structname> struct contains private data. and 
should only be accessed using the following functions.
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Creates a new #GAllocator.
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@name: the name of the #GAllocator. This name is used to set the name of the
#GMemChunk used by the #GAllocator, and is only used for debugging.
@n_preallocs: the number of elements in each block of memory allocated.
Larger blocks mean less calls to g_malloc(), but some memory may be wasted.
(GLib uses 128 elements per block by default.) The value must be between 1
and 65535.
@Returns: a new #GAllocator.
@Deprecated: 2.10: Use the <link linkend="glib-Memory-Slices">slice allocator</link>
instead


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Frees all of the memory allocated by the #GAllocator.
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@allocator: a #GAllocator.
@Deprecated: 2.10: Use the <link linkend="glib-Memory-Slices">slice allocator</link>
instead