Method: ReservedNames::Win32::Memory.local_alloc

Defined in:
lib/chef/win32/memory.rb

.local_alloc(length, flags = LPTR, &block) ⇒ Object

local_alloc(length[, flags]) [BLOCK] Allocates memory using LocalAlloc If BLOCK is specified, the memory will be passed to the block and freed afterwards.



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# File 'lib/chef/win32/memory.rb', line 32

def self.local_alloc(length, flags = LPTR, &block)
  result = LocalAlloc(flags, length)
  if result.null?
    Chef::ReservedNames::Win32::Error.raise!
  end
  # If a block is passed, handle freeing the memory at the end
  if !block.nil?
    begin
      yield result
    ensure
      local_free(result)
    end
  else
    result
  end
end