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From: CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu (Christopher Tate)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: malloc() in Think C programming on the Mac
Message-ID: <91034.234404CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 4 Feb 91 04:44:04 GMT
References: <1CE00001.m1ny6l@tbomb.ice.com>
Organization: Penn State University
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In article <1CE00001.m1ny6l@tbomb.ice.com>, time@tbomb.ice.com (Tim Endres)
says:

>Using NewPtr() to allocate hundreds of 8 byte objects is not very
>efficient on the Macintosh. This may not make any difference on your
>weekend programming project, but for commercial or other serious work,
>it is a real problem.
>
>We have a version of malloc written here at ICE specifically for the
>Macintosh. It is really nice and uses "pools" allowing me to separate
>the areas in which memory is allocated. This also solves "leak" problems,
>as I can allocate "leaky" objects in one specific pool, then at some
>predetermined time free the entire pool and not worry about freeing
>individual objects!
>
>We are considering posting this code to the net. Anyone interested?
>If so, it will take time to document the code and clean it up for
>release, so it won't happen soon, but it won't happen at all if there
>is little interest.

Post it!  Post It!  POST IT!  ***POST IT*** !!!!!!!!!!!!

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