Both the allocation and initialization of the object data structure is
now moved to a single function. The corresponding deallocation function
is intended to free objects that have been allocated, but are not fully
initialized yet. The public cleanup function shouldn't be used in such
case, because it may try to release resources that haven't been
initialized yet.
Instead of freeing the object data structure in the backend specific
cleanup function, the memory is now freed automatically in the base
class function. This reduces the amount of boilerplate code in the
backends. Backends that don't allocate any additional resources, do no
longer require a cleanup function at all.
The new gasmix sample contains the index of the active gas mix.
This new sample is intended as a replacement for the existing gas change
events (SAMPLE_EVENT_GASCHANGE and SAMPLE_EVENT_GASCHANGE2). To maintain
backwards compatibility, the legacy events are marked as deprecated but
not removed yet.
Although the settings sample will most likely always be located at the
start, it's better to be on the safe side and use an offset relative to
the start of the settings sample.
Reported-By: Nick Shore <support@mac-dive.com>
