Date:	Sat, 26 Apr 2003 01:37:55 +0300
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> Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 13:34:25 -0400
> From: CBFalconer <cbfalconer AT yahoo DOT com>
> 
> What the purpose of the level parameter in mallocmap originally
> was escapes me.

It's a docs bug: the function itself does not accept any arguments,
and its prototype in stdlib.h says "void mallocmap(void);".

I've just fixed malloc.txh in the CVS to be consistent with the code.

> I didn't know what I was getting into when I tackled this :-)  My
> oldest zip snapshot is dated Feb 2002!

I'm not surprised.  My own involvement with DJGPP development started
circa 1994, when I wrote an improved version of `stat' and `fstat'
that produced consistent inode numbers.  It took 2 years before my
code was released with the next version of DJGPP, during which I've
thoroughly rewritten the code to be compatible with the DPMI
environment used by DJGPP v2.x (the original code was written for v1.x
which used a separate DOS extender), participated in many related and
unrelated discussions, wrote a FAQ, and generally got myself--hook,
line, and sinker--deep into the library development and GNU software
porting.

Welcome to the club!

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