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Subject: Re: malloc in plugins

Re: malloc in plugins

From: BlueChip <cs_bluechip_at_webtribe.net>
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 00:22:38 +0000

At 22:37 08/01/04, you wrote:
>BlueChip wrote:
> > HEEEEEELP
> >
> > I have been stumped by malloc! I need/want to use malloc/free in a plugin
>
>We have no heap, and thus no malloc.
>
>You are of course free to implement dynamic allocation of the plugin
>buffer if you simply want to juggle a lot of memory buffers. However I
>still recommend to always use static allocation and thus always run the
>worst case.
>
>--
>Björn

I'll take your advice and just put a finite limit on my array ...32K -
my_plugin should be sufficient :) ...dynamic plugin buffer sounds like a
lot of work for one plugin! ;)
Received on 2004-01-09

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