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EU 2.2: allocate() bug?

• Posted by Rolf Schroeder <r.schr at T-ONLINE.DE> Dec 27, 1999
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Hi Rob, under WinNT in the CMD-window I fail with the following
program:

(By the way, I find still only 64MB RAM under DOS, whereas Devore Software
promised more than that now!)

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--                                                    Rolf Schröder 1999-12-27
--> ALLOCW.EXW  Allocate as much RAM as possible!     Möörkenweg 37
--  ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯                                        21029 Hamburg, Germany
--  Language: EUPHORIA ver. 2.2                       r.schr at t-online.de
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include get.e               -- wait_key()
include machine.e           -- allocate()
include misc.e              -- WIN32
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constant MB = power(2,20)   -- 1 MegaByte
constant  B = #FF           -- 1 Byte, all bits set
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procedure main()
--        ¯¯¯¯
    atom     a
    integer  n

    puts(1,"Allocate and fill as much RAM as possible!\n")
    puts(1,"  (press any key to stop)\n\n")
    for i = 256 to 16 by -16 do
        n = i * MB
        a = allocate(n)
        if a then
            printf(1,"%5dMB = not allocateble!\n",i)
        else
            mem_set(a, B, n)
            printf(1,"%5dMB = %10d Bytes allocatet!\n", {i,n})
            free(a)
            exit
        end if
        if get_key() != -1 then
            puts(1,"Program aborted by user.\n")
            exit
        end if
    end for
    if platform() = WIN32 then
        puts(1," ..press any key..")
        n = wait_key()
    end if
    abort(0)
end procedure
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    main()
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