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Re: Win32lib memory?/statement!

• Posted by Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com> Jun 05, 2001
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Thanks Kat. I'll see how this technique works in the library.
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Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
"To finish a job quickly, go slower."

----- Original Message -----
From: <gertie at ad-tek.net>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: Re: Win32lib memory?/statement!


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> On 5 Jun 2001, at 7:08, Derek Parnell wrote:
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> > > I havent given this alot of time or thought but couldnt
> > > you globally track spent memory? and free only once.
> >
> > Sure. When would be a good moment to free it all up?
>
> function idle()
>  for loop = 1 to length(varlist) do
>    if var[idle] then free it
>  end for
> end function -- idle()
>
> x = routine_id(idle)
>
> -- main code
>  do things.....
>  do_events() or sleep(0) -- and if no events in que, then we aren't busy
doing something
> for User, so clean up after ourselves
> -- also....
> ( mirc code
> to trigger the cleanup periodically
> .timer [ $+ [ cleanup ] ] 0 60 do_cleanup
> )
> -- or
> ( if lots_on_"to_free"_list then do_cleanup )
>  do other things
> -- end program
>
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> Kat
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