Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 10:25:41 +0300
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Eric Rudd <rudd AT cyberoptics DOT com>
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	Thu, 13 Sep 2001 16:46:19 -0500)
Subject: Re: Heap structure
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> From: Eric Rudd <rudd AT cyberoptics DOT com>
> Organization: CyberOptics
> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 16:46:19 -0500
> 
> I would like to write a subroutine that walks the heap and checks its
> integrity, so that I can isolate the bug.  Another correspondent to
> c.o.m.d. was interested in writing a heap-checker some time ago, but I
> haven't heard any more about it.

This has been done already for the next DJGPP version.  Check out the
file malloc.c and (the new) files malldbg.c and xmalloc.h from the CVS
(http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/cvs.html), and use them.  If you find
some functionality missing from there, please feel free to add it ;-)

Oh, and check out the new malloc.txh as well: it documents the new
functions and the new features of the old functions.