First checkin of transition to using a new hierarchical memory allocator, some of the memory associated with a job is covered

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+/** \file halloc.h
+	A hierarchical memory allocation system
+*/
+
+/**
+   Allocate new memory using specified parent memory context. If \c
+   context is null, a new root context is created.
+*/
+void *halloc( void *context, size_t size );
+
+/**
+   Free memory context and all children. Only root contexts may be
+   freed explicitly.
+*/
+void halloc_free( void *context );
+
+wchar_t *halloc_wcsdup( void *context, const wchar_t *str );
+wchar_t *halloc_wcsndup( void *context, const wchar_t *in, int c );