Re: Rules for memory allocation and pointing

[Benoit Cerrina]

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>From: "Michael L Maraist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 10:10 PM
>Subject: Re: Rules for memory allocation and pointing
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>On Sunday 04 November 2001 03:36 pm, Benoit Cerrina wrote:
>> > While the PMC structures themselves don't move (no real need--there of
>> > fixed size so you can't fragment your allocation pool, though it makes
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>> Sorry can you expand on this.  I don't see the relation between the data
>> being fixed size and the memory not becomming fragmented.
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>Fixed sized memory objects can be "records" of an array.  Thus you can use
an
>"arena" scheme (also known as a slab, or indexed chunks).  You store a
linked
<snip> interesting stuff </snip>
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OK
Benoit