Re: Zone usage: alloc: vs. allocBlock:

[Ken Cline]

On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Marcus G. Daniels wrote:

> >>>>> "KC" == Ken Cline <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> KC> Oh, I didn't realize that `alloc:' was deprecated. 
> 
> Let me restate this in a different way.  A new pair of methods,
> allocBlock:/freeBlock: were introduced in order to provide info for Zone
> counters.  alloc: provides this information too (by storing it), but 
> it wasn't properly aligning the returned memory.  I've fixed this.

Oh, again!  Thanks for clarifying that.

> So alloc:/free: wastes a little memory but has a more convenient interface.

Yes, especially for managing strings (and other arrays).


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