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From: joaquinv@solist.htsa.aha.nl (Joaquinv Villar)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: MEMORY ALLOCATION IN TURBO C
Keywords: memory allocation in turbo C with malloc().
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Date: 19 Jan 90 11:34:14 GMT
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When i allocate memory with the malloc() function and then make a   
memory dump i see malloc() has allocated 8 bytes more then i
requested. 
These 8 bytes are used by the free() function to free the allocated memory.

Can anyone tell me the exact format end the exact meaning of those 8 bytes.
I was compiling in the compact model with turbo C 2.0.

Thanks.




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Joaquin Villar C/Assembly programmer.
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