From: alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk (Alaric B. Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: windows <-> cwsdpmi
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 22:18:56 GMT
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"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com> wrote:

>The malloc() used by DJGPP rounds the size of allocated memory blocks to
>the next higher power of 2.  So, allocating 300 bytes gets you 512;
>allocating 1500 bytes gets you 2048, and allocating 8 MB + 1 gives you
>16 MB.  This, unfortunately, is a speed optimization of the GNU C
>compiler, so it can't easily be changed. 

Awooga! It's a feature of libc, not gcc, and can be relatively easily
changed if you have the libc sources, I guess... an implementation of
garbage collection that can be turned on at compile time would be
nice, too...

ABW
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