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	description: "[
		Properties of the memory management mechanism.
		This class may be used as ancestor by classes needing its facilities.
	]"
	status: "See notice at end of class"
	date: "$Date$"
	revision: "$Revision$"

class interface
	MEM_INFO

create

	make (memory: INTEGER)
			-- Update Current for memory type.
			-- Was declared in MEM_INFO as synonym of update.
		ensure
			type_updated: type = memory

feature -- Initialization

	make (memory: INTEGER)
			-- Update Current for memory type.
			-- Was declared in MEM_INFO as synonym of update.
		ensure
			type_updated: type = memory

	update (memory: INTEGER)
			-- Update Current for memory type.
			-- Was declared in MEM_INFO as synonym of make.
		ensure
			type_updated: type = memory

feature -- Access

	C_memory: INTEGER is 2
			-- Code for the C memory managed
			-- by the garbage collector
			-- (from MEM_CONST)

	Eiffel_memory: INTEGER is 1
			-- Code for the Eiffel memory managed
			-- by the garbage collector
			-- (from MEM_CONST)

	Full_collector: INTEGER is 0
			-- Statistics for full collections
			-- (from MEM_CONST)

	Incremental_collector: INTEGER is 1
			-- Statistics for incremental collections
			-- (from MEM_CONST)

	Total_memory: INTEGER is 0
			-- Code for all the memory managed
			-- by the garbage collector
			-- (from MEM_CONST)

	type: INTEGER
			-- Memory type (Total, Eiffel, C)

feature -- Measurement

	free: INTEGER
			-- Number of bytes still free for type
			-- before last call to update
		ensure
			computed: Result = total - used - overhead

	overhead: INTEGER
			-- Number of bytes used by memory management
			-- scheme for type before last call to update

	total: INTEGER
			-- Total number of bytes allocated for type
			-- before last call to update

	used: INTEGER
			-- Number of bytes used for type
			-- before last call to update

invariant

	consistent_memory: total = free + used + overhead
		-- from ANY
	reflexive_equality: standard_is_equal (Current)
	reflexive_conformance: conforms_to (Current)

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	library: "[
			EiffelBase: Library of reusable components for Eiffel.
	]"
	status: "[
			Copyright 1986-2001 Interactive Software Engineering (ISE).
			For ISE customers the original versions are an ISE product
			covered by the ISE Eiffel license and support agreements.
	]"
	license: "[
			EiffelBase may now be used by anyone as FREE SOFTWARE to
			develop any product, public-domain or commercial, without
			payment to ISE, under the terms of the ISE Free Eiffel Library
			License (IFELL) at http://eiffel.com/products/base/license.html.
	]"
	source: "[
			Interactive Software Engineering Inc.
			ISE Building
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			Telephone 805-685-1006, Fax 805-685-6869
			Electronic mail <info@eiffel.com>
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	]"
	info: "[
			For latest info see award-winning pages: http://eiffel.com
	]"

end -- class MEM_INFO