Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/06/07/20:07:53
Dlanor Blytkerchan wrote:
>
> Hi all!
>
> Here's a weird little problem: when I try to allocate a buffer with
> malloc(), it returns NULL. The buffer I am trying to allocate is just under
> 34K, and I have at least 4 MB free (probably much more), and at least 400K
> in low memory. This happens regardless of where I do it (inside or outside
> of RHIDE) and regardless of anything I do that the FAQ suggests. Even
> directly calling that heap extender thingy as described in FAQ chaper 15 (I
> forgot the name) returns -1 (probably why I'm getting NULL back from
> malloc()).
> The line I'm using is this:
>
> bufferType *buffer;
> bool rc = true;
>
> rc = ((buffer = (bufferType*)malloc(sizeof(bufferType))) != NULL);
> if (!rc) {
> start complaining and quit..
> } // if
>
> Does anyone have a better way of allocating memory than this & is there
> something I'm missing/overlooking here, or is this particular piece of
> coding simply jynxed and should I simply retype it?
Should be right (though something like `buffer = malloc(n); if (!buffer)
die();' is a bit easier to follow).
What does go32-v2 print out? And what OS and DPMI server do you use?
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Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com
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