Re: BC++ far* default in

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From: Peter Garner
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 16:50

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JG> I am writing my first app, and I am using large model (BC++   JG>
Does that [using the far keyword] give me 'another' 64k data
JG> segment?

Sort of.  I don't know how the borland linker groups data, you may get
a separate 64k segment for each module containing data declared as far,
or you may get one far segment and one DGROUP.  But yes, if you get the
message 'DGROUP exceeds 64K" or something similiar, you need to declare
data as far.  Depending on your app and how you use memory,  (All calls
to malloc and calloc return memory allocated from outside of DGROUP) you
may not run into the problem at all.  Very few programs use more than
64K of static data.  If you can allocate memory at runtime, you shouldn't
have a problem.

Good Luck
Peter.

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