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This `struct` provides a namespace for platform‐independent memory manipulation utilities.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdls_memoryutil.h>`

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struct MemoryUtil;
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== Enums

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| Name| Description
| xref:BloombergLP/bdls/MemoryUtil/Access.adoc[`Access`] 
| Bit flags specifying memory access protection.
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== Static Member Functions

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| Name| Description
| xref:BloombergLP/bdls/MemoryUtil/allocate.adoc[`allocate`] 
| Allocate page‐aligned memory of the specified size.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdls/MemoryUtil/deallocate.adoc[`deallocate`] 
| Deallocate memory previously obtained from `allocate`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdls/MemoryUtil/pageSize.adoc[`pageSize`] 
| Return the memory page size of the platform.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdls/MemoryUtil/protect.adoc[`protect`] 
| Change the access protection on a region of memory.
|===



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