#ifndef __MEMORY_H__
#define __MEMORY_H__

extern char* const scratchpad;  // Starting address of scratchpad memory

/**
 * @brief Allocate memory in the fast scratchpad RAM buffer.
 * 
 * @param scratch_offset Pointer to a variable holding the current offset position in scratch memory.
 * @param size The number of bytes to allocate. Be aware that the scratchpad memory only has 1024 bytes available.
 * @return Pointer to the allocated buffer in scratchpad memory.
 */
void *mem_scratch(char **scratch_offset, unsigned short size);

/**
 * @brief Allocate a single primitive in the primitive buffer.
 * 
 * @param size Size of the primitive struct to allocate.
 * @return Pointer to the allocated struct in memory.
 */
void *mem_prim(size_t size);

void mem_prim_reset(int db);

#endif  // __MEMORY_H__