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Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 11:49:02 -0400
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Subject: Re: Malloc/free DJGPP code
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 05:28:42 -0400
> > From: CBFalconer <cbfalconer AT yahoo DOT com>
> >
> > The other thread about emacs seems to indicate that problems arise
> > from releasing sbrk segments back to the system.
> 
> Our sbrk cannot return memory to the system, so no problems can ever
> arise out of that ;-)

It cannot be told to supply a negative increment, thus reducing
the portion supplied (question, not statement)?  That appears to
be the only way the interface could work.

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