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From: keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Max. no. of code segments
Message-ID: <29408@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 23 Apr 89 01:29:53 GMT
References: <53100005@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu>
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In article <53100005@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu> thinfilm@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>  What is the largest number of segments allowed in an application on the
>mac and what rules should one work by for this.  I am specifically talking
>about code segments here.  I would like to partition the code into logical
>elements to optimize memory use.  If I did so each segment would by about
>15-25K and there would be on the order of 150 of them (yes this is a lot of
>code).  Is this liable to break anything or can the mac handle it.  Which
>tn should be looked at etc.  Thanks for any help you can offer.
>				thinfilm@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu

A 3 Meg program!!! Wow!!!

There shouldn't be any problem with this number of code segments, per se. 
However, this is a limit placed on the number of inter-segments calls you can
make. For more information on this, see Technote #220: Segment Loader Limit-
ations.

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