Re: MCL1.3.2 and heap size

[lynch@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu (Richard Lynch)]

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>   Date: 31 May 91 16:06:00 GMT
>   From: Ranson <ranson@lannion.cnet.fr>
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>   Is there a way to set the application heap size for v1.3.2? I know people who
>   use large pictures, and feel like they live in the middle of a mine field. The
>   manual for 2.0 gives a nice hint (increase the heap size), but the resource
>   mentionned (LSIZ?) does not exist for 1.3.2.
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>The only way to do this is through brute force:  Allocate a very large
>MacPointer (large enough to force your Mac heap to grow), and then
>dispose of it.  The initial allocation will take a little while,
>but after that you should be OK.

But then, is that space not reclaimed if a GC occurs and it's not being
used?
Or can the Mac heap only increase in size?

"TANSTAAFL" Rich lynch@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu