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Date: 19 April 1988, 19:50:32 PST
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Bill writes:(Bill Rosenkranz)

>Mshrink is a gemdos call that returns memory to the operating system. a far
>as i know, when you double-click (or otherwise start a program) it take
>ALL available memory for itself. since rsrc_load needs to allocat space
>(using a Malloc call, probably the gemdos version NOT the gemlib malloc,
>there is none available and it would probably bomb. this is why the alcon
>startup file GEMSTART.S does the Mshrink almost as soon as the program tarts.
>the gemstart module is the first thing that executes when your program tarts
>and eventually calls your "main" function. i don't know how lattice
>works but it probably does something similar. check your docs to see if
>they mention something about linking and a certain object that has to b
>first. you should probably solicit a response from lattice hackers.
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Bill,
     What you said makes perfect sense.  I even think it will help!  But,...
what are the two parameters to the Mshrink(a,b) call?  Do you know? Are these
universal to all compilers?  Does the function return a value (such as an
error code)?
     I know I have been asking quite a few questions, but maybe I'll be
answering questions someday.
     Thanks for everything!
Sincerely,
Alan Levi
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