MemPtrNew allocate in the dynamic heap a non-movable chunk MemHandleNew allocate in the dynamic heap a movable chunk FtrPtrNew allocate a new chunk on the storage memory
storage memory can be accessed only with DmWrite function > > What is the prefered method for allocating memory on the heap dynamically > > for objects created with C++? Right now I use the keyword new. Is it > > better to use MemHandleNew? If so, how would you do this? Thanks. > > My limited understanding of Palm memory is that MemHandleNew allocates the > memory in storage memory, not on the heap. There's generally much more > storage memory available than heap (e.g., on an 8Mb device, only 256Kb may > be heap and the rest is storage), so the advantage of using MemHandleNew is > there's more memory available to you. If your program is not very memory > intensive, than you can just use "new" and the heap. > > If I'm wrong about this, I'd appreciate being corrected. > > Rich -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
