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From: GFX@PSUVM.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Protection against memory limitation
Message-ID: <80078GFX@PSUVM>
Date: 6 Apr 89 23:46:29 GMT
Organization: Penn State University
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I wrote a stack that works perfectly well on a Mac SE with 1 Meg.  Except
when people have CDEVS, Inits, cache settings or other similar things that
use a small fraction of memory.  Not enough to prevent the stack to open,
but when a script calls a paint tool for example, it will fail because there
is not enough memory left.

Other than warning users that they need a full meg to use the stack, what
could be done to 1) exit gracefully from a script if there is not enough
memory to execute, 2) detect memory shortage before it creates any problem.
Any other reaction, comment or suggestion?  Stephane