From:	rs AT redplanet DOT com DOT cy (Rotes Sapiens)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	mem alloc taking up power of 2
Date:	Wed, 16 Jul 1997 12:25:50 GMT
Organization:	Customer of Connect.com.au P/L, Adelaide, Australia
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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When I malloc a structure that takes up say 34k, djgpp or dpmi takes
64k, a loss of 20k.
So if I allocate 32 structures, I lose 640k.  Is there any way of
stopping malloc from rounding up the memory alloc to the nearest power
of 2 when it takes the memory?  I can't see anything in the faq about
it.

Does anyone know where this !@#$%! six wheeled robot came from?

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