This changes default behavior when creating a sample struct
in C++ code: it is now initialized to default values. If this
ever turns out to be a performance problem, we can either add
additional constructors or use special functions that do
not initialize memory, such as make_unique_for_overwrite.
This removes non-standard (respectively >C++20) constructs,
namely designated initializers.
Signed-off-by: Berthold Stoeger <bstoeger@mail.tuwien.ac.at>
Avoid error-prone malloc/free pairs. This uses somewhat
obscure constructs to stay as close as possible to the
original C code. Notably, it uses mostly unique_ptr<T[]>
which doesn't store the length of the array, because the
length is supposed to be known.
Signed-off-by: Berthold Stoeger <bstoeger@mail.tuwien.ac.at>
Long term project: convert core to C++ so that we can
use higer-level constructs, notably std::vector<>.
This does not change any code - only fixes compile issues.
Mostly casting of (void *) to the proper type. Also designated
initialization of the sample struct had to be rearranged.
Signed-off-by: Berthold Stoeger <bstoeger@mail.tuwien.ac.at>
