Re: CloseFonts() problems

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From: Sam Paolucci
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 1989 03:25

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In article <10191@well.UUCP> ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) writes:
->	Checking to see if everything get returned can be a bit of a pain,
->particularly if you're working out of VD0: (which is not to slander VD0:).
->My test cycle is:  avail, <program>, avail.  If the program opened
->previously unopened libraries, then I do another <program>,avail cycle and
->check the numbers.  In VD0:, this can be a problem, because it likes to free
->up memory "every so often".  Thus, I often find myself saying "dir >NIL: :
->OPT A" to try and make it happen more often so that the avail numbers don't
->say I have more free memory that I started with.

Doesn't memory get freed if you run CleanRamDisk?  I believe that this
program was provided with VD0: specifically for the purpose of freeing
up the memory.

->Leo L. Schwab -- The Guy in The Cape	INET: well!ewhac@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU


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From: paolucci@snll-arpagw.UUCP (Sam Paolucci)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: CloseFonts() problems
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Date: 3 Jan 89 03:25:00 GMT
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