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From: akcs.scotty@hpcvbbs.UUCP (SCOTTY THOMPSON)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Dynamic stack data (m/l 48SX)
Keywords: dynamic
Message-ID: <2847d178:3331comp.sys.handhelds@hpcvbbs.UUCP>
Date: 1 Jun 91 17:40:06 GMT
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Along similar terms to posting 3330, is dynamic string (etc?) allocation
possible on the stack.  Unthreading/disassembling the "allocate nibbles"
routine seems to indicate that dynamic string growth is possible, since
the routine takes the size already there and adds more nibbles.  Does
anyone know of a routine that will "subtract" A.A nibbles from a "sized"
object.  I am in increasing interest need to dynamically size objects
without having to first make "copies" (which eat memory).  For a m/l DBMS
system, for example, data stored in strings will be limited to about 1/3
of available memory if duping and summing are necessary.  I would
obviously like to prevent that with dynamic allocation.  Please advise.

Thanks..Scott.