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From: amanda@intercon.uu.net (Amanda Walker)
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Subject: Re: malloc in XFCN
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Date: 6 Jul 89 15:20:04 GMT
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In article <4256@tekcrl.LABS.TEK.COM>, garyb@tekcrl.LABS.TEK.COM (Gary Beaver) writes:
> Is it possible to create an XFCN which dynamically
> allocates memory with the standard library function,  malloc?   If not, are
> there any relatively simple workarounds?

The simplest thing is probably to use the Memory Manager directly.  The calls
that are closest to malloc() and free() are NewPtr() and DisposPtr().

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Amanda Walker
InterCon Systems Corporation
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