Commit e5d76176b9

notcancername <119271574+notcancername@users.noreply.github.com>
2022-11-28 03:52:18
document std.heap.StackFallbackAllocator
1 parent 76c729c
Changed files (1)
lib
lib/std/heap.zig
@@ -855,6 +855,9 @@ pub const FixedBufferAllocator = struct {
 
 pub const ThreadSafeFixedBufferAllocator = @compileError("ThreadSafeFixedBufferAllocator has been replaced with `threadSafeAllocator` on FixedBufferAllocator");
 
+/// Returns a `StackFallbackAllocator` allocating using either a
+/// `FixedBufferAllocator` on an array of size `size` and falling back to
+/// `fallback_allocator` if that fails.
 pub fn stackFallback(comptime size: usize, fallback_allocator: Allocator) StackFallbackAllocator(size) {
     return StackFallbackAllocator(size){
         .buffer = undefined,
@@ -863,6 +866,10 @@ pub fn stackFallback(comptime size: usize, fallback_allocator: Allocator) StackF
     };
 }
 
+/// An allocator that attempts to allocate using a
+/// `FixedBufferAllocator` using an array of size `size`. If the
+/// allocation fails, it will fall back to using
+/// `fallback_allocator`. Easily created with `stackFallback`.
 pub fn StackFallbackAllocator(comptime size: usize) type {
     return struct {
         const Self = @This();