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In article <9004@dasys1.UUCP> intern@dasys1.UUCP (intern ) writes:
>In article <1452@percival.UUCP> baer@percival.UUCP (Ken Baer) writes:
>>Yes, we use AllocRemember() all the time...  The drawback is you have to
>>keep track of all your keys, which can get messy if you're not careful.
>>	-Ken Baer.  					 
>>   //   Hash Enterprises: When the Going gets Wierd, the Wierd go Professional
>
>Is it possible to deallocate only part of the memory that was allocated
>using a specific key?  In other words, I want to use AllocRemember with a
>single key for all my allocations, so I could free up all the memory in one
>shot upon exit from my program.  But during the course of my program execution,
>I would like to free up selected chunks of memory, (without freeing up all of
>it).  Is that doable?
>
>	Thanks,
>		- Steve -
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>Steve Faiwiszewski	bang   :  {sun!hoptoad , cmcl2!phri} !dasys1!intern 
>			domain : intern@dasys1.UUCP
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Yes, it is possible.  I wrote a routine to do this; I'll see if
we (C-A) want to release it.
To Ken Baer:  You said you have to "keep track of all your keys".
Are you sure you are using AllocRemember correctly?  You only need
to declare one key (one instance of a pointer to a Remember structure).
Then you keep passing the address of that key to subsequent calls to
AllocRemember, and finally to FreeRemember.  If you are declaring a key
for each allocation, you are missing the whole benefit of AllocRemember.

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