RE: ALLOC Question -- RPG400-L

Subject: RE: ALLOC Question
From: bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 13:10:55 -0400
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>From: Jim Langston <jlangston@celsinc.com>
>Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 10:53:14 -0700

>How are you supposed to know the maximum size you need, Barbara?  The
>main reason people (or I anyway) use Malloc in the first place is cause
>they have no idea how much memory they are going to need.

Jim, if you don't have any idea of the maximum size, go as high as RPG
lets you (32767, with a total size of around 16 meg).

Barbara Morris

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