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 * the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
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 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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 */
#ifndef BufferAllocator_H
#define BufferAllocator_H

#include "memory/Allocator.h"
#include "util/UniqueName.h"
#include "util/Gcc.h"
#include "util/Linker.h"
Linker_require("memory/BufferAllocator.c");

/**
 * Create a new Allocator which allocates from to a user supplied buffer.
 * This allocator will reset the pointer to the beginning of the buffer when
 * free() is called on it, it is up to the user to free their buffer.
 * Allocator_child(allocator) always returns NULL.
 *
 * @param buffer an array to write to.
 * @param length the size of the array. If more is written than this length,
 *               further allocations will fail and return NULL.
 */
struct Allocator* BufferAllocator__new(void* buffer,
                                       unsigned long length,
                                       char* file,
                                       int line);

#define BufferAllocator_new(a,b) BufferAllocator__new((a),(b),Gcc_SHORT_FILE,Gcc_LINE)

// This relies on the fact that UniqueName is only unique on a per-line basis.
#define BufferAllocator_STACK(name, length) \
    uint8_t UniqueName_get()[length]; \
    name = BufferAllocator_new(UniqueName_last(), length);

#endif