Memory confusion

[Jason Bobbin]

Does [aZone drop] release all allocated memory?? The docs say so, but
the included code appears, at least on Linux under top, to not
deallocate the memory. This was playing havoc with my algorithm! So what
have I done wrong? 

If I need to use [aZone freeBlock: aNum blockSize: sizeof(double)] in my
simulation I will have problems because I don't know whether aZone has
already been dropped - if it has how can I free the allocation? Do I
need to freeBlock: before dropping all problem zones?

Jason.

PS I'm using swarm 2.1
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#import <objectbase/SwarmObject.h>
#import <simtools.h>

int main (int argc, const char **argv)
{ 
id <Zone> aZone;
double *aNum;

initSwarm (argc, argv);

while(1==1){
aZone = [Zone create: globalZone];
aNum = (double *) [aZone allocBlock: sizeof(double)];
//printf("%p \n",aNum);
[aZone drop];
}

}

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Dept. of Soil and Water      Fax:   ++61 (0)8 83036511 
The University of Adelaide   Email: address@hidden
Glen Osmond, SA              URL: http://jbobbin.waite.adelaide.edu.au

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