--- deliantra/server/include/util.h	2008/04/15 03:16:02	1.68
+++ deliantra/server/include/util.h	2008/04/30 16:26:28	1.72
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@
 #ifndef UTIL_H__
 #define UTIL_H__
 
-#define DEBUG_SALLOC 0
-#define PREFER_MALLOC 1
+#define DEBUG_POISON 0x00 // poison memory before freeing it if != 0
+#define DEBUG_SALLOC  0   // add a debug wrapper around all sallocs
+#define PREFER_MALLOC 0   // use malloc and not the slice allocator
 
 #if __GNUC__ >= 3
 # define is_constant(c)             __builtin_constant_p (c)
@@ -219,11 +220,20 @@
   if (expect_true (ptr))
     {
       slice_alloc -= n * sizeof (T);
+      if (DEBUG_POISON) memset (ptr, DEBUG_POISON, n * sizeof (T));
       g_slice_free1 (n * sizeof (T), (void *)ptr);
       assert (slice_alloc >= 0);//D
     }
 }
 
+// nulls the pointer
+template<typename T>
+inline void sfree0 (T *&ptr, int n = 1) throw ()
+{
+  sfree<T> (ptr, n);
+  ptr = 0;
+}
+
 // makes dynamically allocated objects zero-initialised
 struct zero_initialised
 {