From: idr AT cs DOT pdx DOT edu (Ian D Romanick)
Subject: Re: Better malloc and free
To: terry AT manawatu DOT gen DOT nz
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 01:33:09 -0800 (PST)
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

> 	I am interested in finding a more efficient malloc/free (and
> new/delete) for djgpp. One with extra debugging features would also be
> helpful. If anyone knows of a good comprehensive malloc then I would
> be greatful for an ftp site.

My programming group is currently working on a complete memory manager
for DPMI for use with DJGPP.  When it is done and tested, I plan to
release it to the general public.  It includes the following:

        - Allocate/free with restrictions (non-swappable, conventional, etc)
        - Private memory pool management functions
        - "Fast" pool management functions (for allocating many
          structures of the same size)
        - Low-memory exception handling

Anyway, we should be done coding it in about two weeks (we're working on
some other stuff at the same time), and should be done testing it by the
1st of the year.

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