nitg: move the GC stuff in a runtime C libray `gc_chooser`

[nit.git] / clib / gc_chooser.h

diff --git a/clib/gc_chooser.h b/clib/gc_chooser.h
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+#ifndef NIT_GC_CHOOSER_H
+#define NIT_GC_CHOOSER_H
+
+/* This file is part of NIT ( http://www.nitlanguage.org ).
+ *
+ * This file is free software, which comes along with NIT.  This software is
+ * distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
+ * without  even  the implied warranty of  MERCHANTABILITY or  FITNESS FOR A
+ * PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  You can modify it is you want,  provided this header
+ * is kept unaltered, and a notification of the changes is added.
+ * You  are  allowed  to  redistribute it and sell it, alone or is a part of
+ * another product.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+/* GC and memory management */
+void *nit_alloc(size_t); /* allocate memory to store an object with an object header */
+void *nit_raw_alloc(size_t); /* allocate raw memory to store a raw stram of byte */
+void nit_gcollect(void); /* force a garbage collection */
+void initialize_gc_option(void); /* Select the wanted GC using envvar `NIT_GC_OPTION` */
+
+#endif