/* Creates and returns a new table
   with comparison function |compare| using parameter |param|
   and memory allocator |allocator|.
   Returns |NULL| if memory allocation failed. */
struct tbst_table *
tbst_create (tbst_comparison_func *compare, void *param,
            struct libavl_allocator *allocator)
{
  struct tbst_table *tree;

  assert (compare != NULL);

  if (allocator == NULL)
    allocator = &tbst_allocator_default;

  tree = allocator->libavl_malloc (allocator, sizeof *tree);
  if (tree == NULL)
    return NULL;

  tree->tbst_root = NULL;
  tree->tbst_compare = compare;
  tree->tbst_param = param;
  tree->tbst_alloc = allocator;
  tree->tbst_count = 0;

  return tree;
}