cymem

Manage memory allocation calls in Cython code efficiently.

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Manage calls to calloc/free through Cython

install cymem library for Python project$ pip install cymem

use cymem in Cython code to wrap malloc calls

$ from cymem.mpool cimport Pool
cdef Pool mem = Pool()
cdef void* ptr = mem.alloc(100, sizeof(char))

allocate memory safely in Cython with automatic cleanup

$ from cymem.mpool cimport Pool
cdef Pool pool = Pool()
cdef char* buffer = <char*>pool.alloc(1024, sizeof(char))

free allocated memory through cymem pool interface

$ cdef Pool mem = Pool()
mem.free(ptr)
del mem

check cymem version installed$ python -c "import cymem; print(cymem.__version__)"