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Article #10704Re: CloseFonts() problems
From: Leo L. Schwab
Date: Sun, 25 Dec 1988 09:45
Date: Sun, 25 Dec 1988 09:45
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In article <5783@polya.Stanford.EDU> aozer@NeXT.com (Ali Ozer) writes:
>In article <10097@well.UUCP> ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) writes:
>> AllocMem (4000000000L, NULL);
>>
>> This will always fail [ ... ]
>
>Just in case that request should succeed, you should do
>
> if (tmp = AllocMem(4000000000L, NULL)) FreeMem (tmp, NULL)
>
>While you're dreaming, you might as well do it all the way!
May as well do it right, too:
if (tmp = AllocMem (4000000000L, NULL)) {
puts ("Don't worry, you have *plenty* of memory.");
FreeMem (tmp, 4000000000L);
} /* You forgot ^^^^^^^^^^^ that */
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!alberta!ubc-cs!uw-beaver!cornell!rochester!rutgers!apple!well!ewhac From: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo L. Schwab) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: CloseFonts() problems Message-ID: <10119@well.UUCP> Date: 25 Dec 88 09:45:19 GMT References: <3599@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM> <10097@well.UUCP> <5783@polya.Stanford.EDU> Reply-To: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) Organization: Lt. Col. Oliver North, Overseas Shipping and Receiving. Lines: 24 Quote: "Mr. Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage." -- Hodgepodge