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.. currentmodule:: pyarrow

.. _api.memory:

Buffers and Memory
==================

In-Memory Buffers
-----------------

Factory Functions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. autosummary::
   :toctree: ../generated/

   allocate_buffer
   py_buffer
   foreign_buffer

Classes
~~~~~~~

.. autosummary::
   :toctree: ../generated/

   Buffer
   ResizableBuffer

Miscellaneous
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. autosummary::
   :toctree: ../generated/

   Codec
   compress
   decompress

.. _api.memory_pool:

Memory Pools
------------

.. autosummary::
   :toctree: ../generated/

   MemoryPool
   default_memory_pool
   jemalloc_memory_pool
   mimalloc_memory_pool
   system_memory_pool
   jemalloc_set_decay_ms
   set_memory_pool
   log_memory_allocations
   total_allocated_bytes