[Feature-Request] Buffer Partitioning Utility

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Provides an advanced buffer partitioning as a separate library.

For example:

#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>

typedef struct {
    void* start_address;
    void* end_address;
    size_t offset;
    size_t size;
    size_t pointer_location;

    void (*invalidate)(void*);

} MemoryPartition;

static inline void invalidate(MemoryPartition* partition) {
    partition->start_address += partition->offset;
    partition->end_address = partition->start_address + partition->size;
    partition->pointer_location = partition->offset + partition->size;
}

static inline MemoryPartition create(void* buffer, size_t offset, size_t size) {
    MemoryPartition partition = {
        buffer + offset,
        (buffer + offset) + size,
        offset,
        size,
        offset + size,
        &invalidate
    };

    return partition;
}

int main() {
    const size_t size = 4;
    void* buffer = (void*) malloc(size * 3);
    printf("Allocated buffer start address = %p\n", buffer);
    
    const MemoryPartition partition0 = create(buffer, 0, size);
    printf("Partition0 start address = %p\n", partition0.start_address);
    printf("Partition0 end address = %p\n", partition0.end_address);
    
    const MemoryPartition partition1 = create(buffer, partition0.pointer_location + 1, size);
    printf("Partition1 start address = %p\n", partition1.start_address);
    printf("Partition1 end address = %p\n", partition1.end_address);
    
    const MemoryPartition partition2 = create(buffer, partition1.pointer_location + 1, size);
    printf("Partition2 start address = %p\n", partition2.start_address);
    printf("Partition2 end address = %p\n", partition2.end_address);

    /* add some data to the partitions */
    *((int*) partition0.start_address) = 44;
    *((int*) partition1.start_address) = 55;
    *((int*) partition2.start_address) = 255;
    
    printf("%s\n", "ls part: Print partitions data: ");
    printf("%i\n", *((int*) partition0.start_address));
    printf("%i\n", *((int*) partition1.start_address));
    printf("%i\n", *((int*) partition2.start_address));

    return 0;
}