This is more a question (I hope!) of using Obj. C's APIs then
developing new ones. If this is the wrong forum, let me know.
I have some interest in allocating certain small objects on a custom
arena; this is basically a function which allocates large blocks of
memory and then hands them out in small chunks, without tracking who
got what (hence no ability to reuse memory within the arena once it
is handed out). At a certain point the entire arena is freed. This
is not only efficient, it makes the job of tracking memory irrelevant.
Now, it seems to me that since ObjC so wisely separates the
allocation of the object from the initialization of the object, I
should be able to do this relatively easily.
1. Find out the size of the class object which received the message
2. Initialize the memory with whatever details ObjC needs to know
what kind of object this is
Any help greatly appreciated.
Niko
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