Xref: news2.mv.net comp.os.msdos.djgpp:7350 From: malcolm AT manawatu DOT gen DOT nz (Malcolm Taylor) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Better malloc for use with PMODE. Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 21:33:31 GMT Organization: Grafik Software Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4v0986$oec@news.manawatu.gen.nz> Reply-To: malcolm AT manawatu DOT gen DOT nz NNTP-Posting-Host: malcolm.manawatu.gen.nz Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Hi all, I am wondering if anyone has a better malloc routine that would suit use with PMODE. The libc.a malloc is atrocious in this environment. For example most of my tables are a nice power of two long, so the libc malloc allocates exactly twice as much memory as is needed (eg a 512K table uses 1M of space). This means that I run out of memory very fast. I have had to resort to direct sbrk allocations, and the housekeeping associated with these. Thanks Malcolm