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From: kenchiu@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Kenneth Chiu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Memory Sweeping?
Message-ID: <2080@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 17 Mar 88 13:40:44 GMT
References: <3909@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: kenchiu@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Kenneth Chiu)
Organization: Princeton University, NJ
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In article <3909@cup.portal.com> David_Bat_Masterson@cup.portal.com writes:
>Is there any programs around that will sweep through memory for unused, but
>not "free" memory (memory for some reason or another should be on the free
>list, but didn't make it there)?

The system doesn't save enough information to do this.  You would have to
do some major hacking.

>Often after I run programs, I find that
>the Workbench memory indicator shows less memory than when I started the
>programs.  This does not happen all the time, even when using the same
>program (perhaps I did something different inside the program).

This does not necessarily mean the program is at fault.  It could be a
library or device it opened up.  This could still be left in memory at
termination.  Also, some amount of overhead is used by Intuition to 
maintain the windows.  This overhead is not minimized as often as it
could.  So the memory could still be eaten up even though the screen looks
the same as when the program started.

Another way to check is to run the program twice in a row.  Don't play
with the windows any.  Then compare after the first run and after the
second run.

Ken Chiu