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RE: [avr-libc-dev] #bug 27235 issue 2
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Boyapati, Anitha |
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RE: [avr-libc-dev] #bug 27235 issue 2 |
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Wed, 6 Jan 2010 09:38:39 +0100 |
> From: Joerg Wunsch [mailto:address@hidden
>
> Currently, the top address will only ever be incremented but never be
> fixed downwards in case the entire block at the end of the heap has
> been freed up. The cake is a one-way street. ;-)
>
> Changing this is certainly possible, but unfortunately quite a bit of
> work,
Ok. I got it. The issue is talking about the case when all the free *heap* (or
'cake' as you put it) is exhausted; but has a malloc'ed & free'd chunk (or
realloc'ed) at the end in which case the 'top address'(?) should be allowed to
move backwards.
>
> I'm sorry, but translating texts takes so much time, I'm unable to
The original bug description confused me as I had no idea of the context.
Thanks for the translation Joerg.
> translate you the entire thread. No idea whether having it translated
> by Google or Altavista would yield something comprehensible.
Although that was the first idea, I don't want to try :)
Thanks
Anitha