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From: parks@maxwell.physics.purdue.edu (Chris Parks)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: What to do when > 64k of c++ objects
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Date: 18 Jun 91 19:42:06 GMT
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Ok, here's the deal: say you're using the medium model to write a c++
program for windows and you will be using a lot of dynamically allocated
objects created with the new operator.  Since this returns a near pointer
you only are allowed 64k worth of objects.  I would like to be able to use
many complex objects which all together will exceed 64k.  It's my  
understanding that if I switch to the large model the new operator will
create hundreds of tiny memory obstacles which windows won't be able to move.
All c++ programming examples I've seen for windows seem to be using the 
new operator in a carefree way without any concern for running out of space.
Does anyone have any tips on handling a large number of objects?

Thanks,
Chris Parks
parks@maxwell.physics.purdue.edu