new standard for malloc() suggested

[Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX]

In article <1790 at batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> braner at batcomputer.UUCP (braner) writes:
:Aha, now that we've been reminded of the low ceiling for malloc()'s
:argument (an unsigned int, which on some systems is only 16 bits):
:
:I've been bitten by this, and would like to see a bigmalloc() with
:a LONG argument!  (Can't change malloc itself, that'll break current
:programs...).

>From the "386 Toolkit" documentation: "... malloc will fail if an attempt
is made to allocate more memory than a signed integer will hold.  This is
a limitation of the 286 ..."    "... Realloc cannot be used in large model
programs."

So, get your 386 Proton Pack and some REAL Software.

BTW, if anybody has a working adb386, drop me a line ...

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