> On Mar 31, 2008, at 10:00 PM, Richard Klein wrote: >> I just downloaded 3.5.7, and noticed that there is a >> new memory allocator mem5.c, which apparently uses the >> "buddy system" to allocate power-of-two-sized chunks >> of memory from a static pool. This allocator is used >> by defining SQLITE_POW2_MEMORY_SIZE. >> >> Is it okay to use this allocator, or is it only exper- >> imental (and therefore liable to disappear in a future >> release)? >> > > I'm not making any promises about any of the current five > memory allocators. I might decide to replace them all tomorrow. > > But mem5 is high on the list of memory allocators to keep > since it can, under some circumstances, guarantee not to > fragment memory, which is a desirable property for > embedded systems. > > D. Richard Hipp > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Fair enough. But can I assume that mem5 *does* currently work, as far as you know? (I'd really like to use it, as I'm using SQLite on an embedded system.)
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