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From: "Kevin O'Donovan" <abaddon@nasoftwr.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Gem List (fwd)
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1994 11:10:10 +0100 (BST)
In-Reply-To: <2e2cfd5016cbf5@elfhaven.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> from "Michel Forget" at Jul 19, 94 09:57:36 pm
Precedence: bulk
> Sigh. _I_ use it. (Yes, I feel stupid now, since now at least one reason
> why I should not.) Using malloc() is only a delay, though, for TOS 1.0
> users. If you allocate a lot of memory (like MasterBrowse does) then
> malloc() will end up calling Malloc() more that sixteen times, and you
> can say bye-bye to TOS 1.0. Is there -another- reason why I should not
> use it?
>
>
Hmm, I've got an application which is used regularly (daily?) by perhaps 200
people and it uses malloc and related functions heavily. I've had no
complaints from Tos 1.0 users. And yes, at times it does allocate large
chunks of memory. If you're worried about using more than 16 chunks at the
same time then simply increase the size of block that malloc requests
whenever it calls Malloc.
--
Kevin O'Donovan
abaddon@nasoftwr.demon.co.uk
kebab@cix.compulink.co.uk
Red meat isn't bad for you. Fuzzy blue-green meat is bad for you.