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From: gl8f@astsun9.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Malloc() in C and the 40-folder bug
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Date: 18 Mar 90 19:14:48 GMT
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In article <8672@chaph.usc.edu> jjung@alcor.usc.edu (John Jung) writes:

>I'm currently developing an application for the ST in C that uses dynamic
>storage of linked lists. As a consequence, I'm Malloc()ing blocks of memory
>left and right. Since I don't want to encounter this bug, I'd like to know
>if anyone has a solution for me to use?

I believe Laser C's malloc() does the "right thing"; you can easily
test it by simply malloc()ing several thousand little blocks and see
what happens. If you want to see source for malloc() that does the
right thing, ftp the source code for dLibs from terminator.cc.umich.edu.
dLibs is a complete library, and also contains nice things such as
the new ANSI str* functions.

Greg Lindahl
gl8f@virginia.edu                                  Astrophysicists for Choice.