Mike Lambert wrote:
> Fixing BUFFER_external_FLAG is probably a good thing, and I'm up for
> applying them after 008 goes out the door. However, BUFFER_external_FLAG
> and BUFFER_selfpoolptr_FLAG almost seem to have complementary purposes
> I imagine we could either:
> a) make them act identicall
> This patch is the real fix for strings with the BUFFER_external_FLAG.
> It requires the previous dod.c and resources.c patches to be applied.
>
> Strings marked with the BUFFER_external_FLAG point to the external
> memory rather than making a copy for themselves. Side effects of this
> are (1) l
