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+/*
+ *    XMLLite private things
+ *
+ * Copyright 2012 Nikolay Sivov for CodeWeavers
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library 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.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef __XMLLITE_PRIVATE__
+#define __XMLLITE_PRIVATE__
+
+/* memory allocation functions */
+static inline void *heap_alloc(size_t len)
+{
+    return HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, len);
+}
+
+static inline void *heap_realloc(void *mem, size_t len)
+{
+    return HeapReAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, mem, len);
+}
+
+static inline BOOL heap_free(void *mem)
+{
+    return HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, mem);
+}
+
+#endif /* __XMLLITE_PRIVATE__ */