Function RM_RetainString

src/module.cpp:1293–1306

Every call to this function, will make the string 'str' requiring * an additional call to RedisModule_FreeString() in order to really * free the string. Note that the automatic freeing of the string obtained * enabling modules automatic memory management counts for one * RedisModule_FreeString() call (it is just executed automatically). * * Normally you want to call this function when, at th

 *
 * It is possible to call this function with a NULL context. */
void RM_RetainString(RedisModuleCtx *ctx, RedisModuleString *str) {
    if (ctx == NULL || !autoMemoryFreed(ctx,REDISMODULE_AM_STRING,str)) {
        /* Increment the string reference counting only if we can't
         * just remove the object from the list of objects that should
         * be reclaimed. Why we do that, instead of just incrementing
         * the refcount in any case, and let the automatic FreeString()
         * call at the end to bring the refcount back at the desired
         * value? Because this way we ensure that the object refcount
         * value is 1 (instead of going to 2 to be dropped later to 1)
         * after the call to this function. This is needed for functions
         * like RedisModule_StringAppendBuffer() to work. */
        incrRefCount(str);
    }
}

/**
* This function can be used instead of RedisModule_RetainString().