context-allocator 0.2.3

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/// A memory source is a sort-of crude allocator that can obtain and release memory, from, say, the operating system, an arena or some fixed range.
///
/// It is thread-aware but not necessarily thread-safe.
pub trait MemorySource: Debug
{
	/// Obtain memory from the operating system, say.
	///
	/// Alignment will be whatever is appropriate, but is likely to be quite large.
	fn obtain(&self, non_zero_size: NonZeroUsize) -> Result<MemoryAddress, AllocErr>;

	/// Release memory to the operating system, say.
	///
	/// Alignment will be whatever is appropriate, but is likely to be quite large.
	fn release(&self, non_zero_size: NonZeroUsize, current_memory: MemoryAddress);
}