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/Malloc-Static [ Modules ]

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DESCRIPTION

Static memory allocation strategy. Reserves requested memory blocks in a linear, incremental fashion and cant Free blocks. Allocate all needed objects on system startup and never try to Free/reallocate blocks, this will result in a memory leak.

Malloc-Static/Free [ Functions ]

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DESCRIPTION

Dummy for compatibility reasons, has no function

DECLARATION

Sub Free(byref Pointer As Word)
End Sub

Malloc-Static/Malloc [ Functions ]

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DESCRIPTION

Reserves a block of memory of the requested size if available. Returns 0 if not enough memory left.

DECLARATION

Function Malloc(byval Size As Word) As Word

SOURCE

   Local Newblock As Word
   Os_enter_critical
   Newblock = Malloc_free_pointer + Size
   If Newblock > Ram_end_free Or Size = 0 Then
      Newblock = 0
   Else
       Newblock = Malloc_free_pointer
       Malloc_free_pointer = Malloc_free_pointer + Size
       Malloc_free_pointer = Malloc_free_pointer + 1
   End If
   Os_exit_critical
   Malloc = Newblock
End Function