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- First 4 bits: identifies a certain module of the previewer
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- First 4 bits: identifies a certain module of the previewer
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- Last 4 bits: identifies the exact problem
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- Last 4 bits: identifies the exact problem
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## Memory allocation
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The module provides its own memory allocation library called **MagicMemory**. The library can be used to create MagicMemory contexts. All memory allocation calls must be performed through this library. If a function allocates memory, it has to take a MagicMemory context (that has the type `mm_ctx`) as its first parameter and perform the memory allocation inside that context. Before the program exits, all of the contexts must be freed up.
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## Data validation
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There are two different kinds of functions that perform data validation:
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- **Validator**: A validator only validates data according to its format specification.
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- **Parser**: A parser validates data and then extracts some fields from the data.
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It is not unusual for a parser function to call a validator function to validate its whole input before extracting the fields.
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# CAFF previewer wrapper
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# CAFF previewer wrapper
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This module makes communication between the previewer and the web client possible.
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This module makes communication between the previewer and the web client possible.
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