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From: pete@titan.rice.edu (Pete Keleher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Memory Allocation
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Date: 18 Aug 89 14:27:24 GMT
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I recently ran into a bug that could be easily explained if it were the
case that 'NewPtr' grabs an entire memory block, even if you only want
a very small block (<100), thus removing the unused portion of the block
from any useful activity. Please say it ain't so....
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Pete Keleher						pete@titan.rice.edu

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