Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!gatech!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!rice!brazos!pete From: pete@titan.rice.edu (Pete Keleher) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Memory Allocation Message-ID:Date: 18 Aug 89 14:27:24 GMT Sender: root@rice.edu Distribution: comp Organization: Whatsamatta U Lines: 12 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.... -- =========================================================================== Pete Keleher pete@titan.rice.edu Rice University knows nuttin about what I say, or what I do ... ===========================================================================