On 04-Aug-99 Don Cox: wrote
> Hello RPMtA
>
> On 04-Aug-99, RPMtA wrote:
>> Hello Neil
>>
>>> sites, it seems that your Chip mem gets fragmented quickly and there
>> -> comes a time when V needs to grab a block of Chip mem of size X but
>> -> can't, so it crashes.
>>
>>
>> Why doesn't V detect this (Its really a question for Olli !) and gives
>> out a warning? Programs like PicManager do. Then you could close down
>> in a regulated way and avoid a crash while writing to HD.
>
> Surely it shouldn't be a problem anyway?
>
> On the Amiga, a program asks for a block of memory of a particular type.
> If that isn't available, the program should put up a requester saying
> "Not enough Chip memory". Lots of programs do that.
>
> There must be something wrong with the way either Voyager or MUI
> requests memory.
That is exactly the point! I think Olli is a little bit too careless here!
On the other hand, I know it is not too easy to track down every line of
code. Many allocations are hidden behinde other functions like OpenLibrary()
OpenDevice() Createxxx() ...
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Willi Burkhardt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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