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Conference 7.286::atarist

Title:Atari ST, TT, & Falcon
Notice:Please read note 1.0 and its replies before posting!
Moderator:FUNYET::ANDERSON
Created:Mon Apr 04 1988
Last Modified:Tue May 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1433
Total number of notes:10312

36.0. "Does the OS do dynamic memory allocation?" by BOLT::BAILEY (Steph Bailey) Wed Apr 13 1988 13:40

    Does anybody know where the GEM desktop and the AESFile selector
    get their memory for the file name object tree?
    
    Specifically, if I open subdirectory on the desk top, that subdirectory
    could potentially have an infinite number of file names, all of
    which seem to be read into memory and sorted.
    
    Is the buffer into which these names are read static, or dynamically
    allocated?
    
    More globally, I am wondering whether I am justified in Malloc'ing
    all availible memory for my application (I'll give it back when
    I'm done) or if this will cause something in the OS to break.  The
    only hitch of which I could think, a priori, is the file name buffer
    for the file selector...
    
    Any insights?
    
      Steph
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