Re: 520ST malloc help!

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From: Steve Tynor
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1985 15:18

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In article <673@mprvaxa.UUCP> jackson@mprvaxa.UUCP (Taylor Jackson) writes:
>I'm having trouble with malloc, e.g. any function call previous to malloc  
>causes it to fail (can't allocate memory for x bytes).  Any suggestions?
>Taylor Jackson
>  

I had the same problem and called Richard Frick...  It turns out that TOS
gives up all of memory to the application.  (seems pretty stupid to me). So
in order to use Malloc, you have to first use Mfree to free up some memory.
Now what I haven't figured out is how to determine where to start the
Mfree?????  It seems non-deterministic since depending on how many
desk-accessories are loaded, the application will be loaded at various
locations in memory...

Any ideas?

Steve Tynor

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Subject: Re: 520ST malloc help!
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Date: Fri, 13-Dec-85 10:18:17 EST
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