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Re: HeapAlloc()

• Posted by Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com> Feb 24, 2003
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On Sun, 23 Feb 2003 23:27:18 -0500, Wolf <wolfritz at KING.IGS.NET> wrote:

>
> OK, but are you using HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY ?
> I'd noticed in my recent tk_mem  example,
> that using mem_set() to 'zero', can be painfully slow for small
> allocations for win32lib structures.
> ...overhead  :(
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Craig <rds at RapidEuphoria.com>
>> Yes.
>> For exw.exe, I'm now using HeapAlloc() on the default heap,
>> for all storage allocation.
>>
>

Wolf,
I'm using this in win32lib. That means that every acquire_mem() call will 
return a pointer to zeroed memory. There is no need for a mem_set() call 
unless you are clearing memory that you have already used after an 
acquire_mem() call.

Are you suggesting that I should not be using HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY?

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cheers,
Derek Parnell