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From: mark@intek01.UUCP (Mark McWiggins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: A Better malloc()?
Keywords: autofree
Message-ID: <214@intek01.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jul 89 02:23:19 GMT
Organization: Integration Technologies Inc. (Intek), Bellevue WA
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We have a couple of applications that we've moved over from the Unix/DOS
world that do a lot of memory allocation.  They don't free up what they've
allocated on exit, since Unix and DOS both get that back automatically.
Of course, this is a problem on the Mac since (as I understand it) MPW's
malloc() allocates a nonrelocatable block that just sticks there forever
until explicitly deallocated.

Has somebody reimplemented malloc() to work more smoothly in the Mac world?
What I want is a free_everything() call to use when I exit.  

Any pointers to this (no pun intended) would be GREATLY appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Mark McWiggins
Integration Technologies, Inc. (Intek)
1400 112th Ave. SE #202
Bellevue WA  98004
(206) 455-9935
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