OpenEuphoria

Re: running out of memory

• Posted by Kat <gertie at ZEBRA.NET> Feb 16, 2000
• 501 views

----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Craig <rds at ATTCANADA.NET>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: running out of memory


> j77 writes:
> > my machine = win98, AMD K62 333, 96 MB SDRAM,
> > 788 MB free HDD...
> > the question is, why do I run out of memory...?
>
> Temporary variables are sometimes created. e.g.
>
> > c = 0 & a
>
> A 32Mb temporary is created just before the old 32Mb
> value of c is destroyed. For a brief moment, both exist.
> (I've been considering optimizing this.)

*Please* do !
If data is appended, or the resulting datasize is the same or less, then
allocating new memory isn't necessary. I'd expect a big speedup for not
allocating more memory. Not that i know how this is actually done in
windoze.

Kat