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From: tecot@Apple.COM (Ed Tecot)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Correct handling of PixPatHandles
Message-ID: <37330@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 16 Dec 89 23:09:45 GMT
References: <22616@brunix.UUCP>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <22616@brunix.UUCP> ejd@iris.brown.edu (Ed Devinney) writes:
>   However, we're doing A/UX development here, and the memory handling is 
>less than stunning; repeated allocations of the sort needed to clone 
>PPhandles seem to fragment the heap (which in A/UX does not seem to 
>compact/move).  
>   Any ideas out there for sound ways to reduce or eliminate the large 
>quantity of allocations that we seem to have to make?  Thanks for any help 
>y'all might be able to provide.

I'd suggest that you not worry about it.  A fragmented heap isn't really a
bad thing under A/UX, since it has a virtual memory system beneath it.

						_emt