Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!leah!rpi!pawl!shadow From: shadow@pawl.rpi.edu (Deven T. Corzine) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Catching free memory violations Message-ID: Date: 2 Aug 89 06:15:18 GMT References: <7408@ecsvax.UUCP} <694@jc3b21.UUCP> <3985@cps3xx.UUCP> <7422@ecsvax.UUCP> Sender: usenet@rpi.edu Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY Lines: 19 In-reply-to: utoddl@ecsvax.UUCP's message of 1 Aug 89 18:48:04 GMT On 1 Aug 89 18:48:04 GMT, utoddl@ecsvax.UUCP (Todd M. Lewis) said: Todd> I don't assume it is safe. In fact I will gladly take steps to Todd> detect such usage and purge that software from my disks. What Todd> do you think will happen to the above program when an MMU is Todd> running? No, if you want to mung around with memory, don't free Todd> it first. It's certainly best not to assume it's safe, but I wouldn't want to break programs unnecessarily. (as a general rule) Deven -- Deven T. Corzine Internet: deven@rpi.edu, shadow@pawl.rpi.edu Snail: 2214 12th Street, Troy, NY 12180 Phone: (518) 271-0750 Bitnet: deven@rpitsmts, userfxb6@rpitsmts UUCP: uunet!rpi!deven Simple things should be simple and complex things should be possible.