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From: Lewis_P@cc.curtin.edu.au (Peter N Lewis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Can I count on any alignment from NewHandle or NewPtr?
Message-ID: <7496.27e4a472@cc.curtin.edu.au>
Date: 18 Mar 91 03:28:50 GMT
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Organization: Curtin University of Technology
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In article <12563@goofy.Apple.COM>, 
           Greg@AppleLink.Apple.Com (Greg Marriott) writes:
> Well, hop into Macsbug and do a heap dump (hd).  If every single block is
> long aligned, then I'd say the odds are really good that you've found out
> for sure.  Either that, or you should call Ripley's because the odds against
> all allocations "accidentally" being long aligned are about a grillion to one.

Well, according to this fine probabalistic proof,  the Classic definitely
word alligns the heap (would be bad if it didn't :-).  And by counter
example taken from the head it definitely does NOT long word allign the
heap.  I dont have a '30 machine so someone else will have to try that out.
(unless someone would like to give me an fx? :-)
   Peter.

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