MEMORY MANAGEMENT HELPER

gistfile1.txt

#define TO_POINTER(value) 						((void*)(value))
#define FORWARD_POINTER(pointer, offset) 		((void*)((uintptr_t)TO_POINTER(pointer) + offset))
#define POINTER_TO_UINT(pointer) 				((uintptr_t)(pointer))

#define ALIGN_POINTER(pointer, base) 			TO_POINTER(((POINTER_TO_UINT(pointer))+((base)-1L)) & ~((base)-1L))
	or
#define ALIGN_POINTER(pointer, base)            TO_POINTER((UT_POINTER_TO_UINT(pointer)) + ((UT_POINTER_TO_UINT(pointer)) % base))

#define IS_POINTER_ALIGNED(pointer, alignment) 	(((uintptr_t)pointer & (uintptr_t)(alignment - 1L)) == 0)
or 
#define IS_POINTER_ALIGNED(pointer, alignment) 	(((uintptr_t)pointer % (uintptr_t)alignment) == 0)

#define IN_RANGE(value, min_value, max_value) 	(value >= min_value && value <= max_value)