From: Tom Burgess <Tom_Burgess AT bc DOT sympatico DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: ALLEGRO suggestion
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 03:43:20 -0700
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Paul Derbyshire wrote:
> 
> I would be pleased if Allegro added an option to obtain the amount
> of memory a bitmap or sprite or music or sound resource is
> consuming. I.e. a bunch of functions such as:
> 
> size_t size_of_bitmap (BITMAP *bmp)
> 
> etc.
> 
> This would allow easier tracking of memory usage by a program.
> Or is this already in there as an undocumented feature?
> 
> --
>     .*.  Where feelings are concerned, answers are rarely simple [GeneDeWeese]
>  -()  <  When I go to the theater, I always go straight to the "bag and mix"
>     `*'  bulk candy section...because variety is the spice of life... [me]
> Paul Derbyshire ao950 AT freenet DOT carleton DOT ca, http://chat.carleton.ca/~pderbysh

A reasonable question, deserves some thought. Is an increase in 
complexity of Allegro data structures and/or code to give you info that 
the application can determine independently worth the benefit?
I think not. Other opinions?

	regards, tom burgess