Re: Calling MPW C code: is malloc safe?

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1 total messages Started by moon David A. Moon Mon, 25 Jan 1993 23:52

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Author: moon David A. Moon
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 23:52

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> From: westling@starbase.mitre.org (Mark Westling)
> Date: 25 Jan 93 22:10:13 GMT
> 
> I'm calling MPW C code using MCL 2.0's foreign function
> interface.  My program bombs occasionally (but not
> consistently), and I suspect it's due to malloc calls. Is
> it safe to use the MPW memory allocation/deallocation
> calls in a Lisp environment, or should I create a static
> array and manage it all myself?

Calling malloc (or C++ new) works reliably for me.  Perhaps your C program
would bomb even if you weren't running it under MCL?

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