On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 4:26 AM, Alex Burr <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, I've worked on embedded systems where heap allocation just plain > wasn't allowed. I doubt if that's the case that the SQLite folks were > thinking of. > I haven't asked, but I tend to agree. "no heap alloc" systems tend to be very memory constrained, or tend to be things like critical flight control systems. In both cases, it's hard to imagine embedding an SQL database. My own speculation is that it helps avoid heap fragmentation. But I'm *guessing* here. > The second question: assuming that it IS important, can anyone identify a > corresponding type-safe pattern? I'm stumped on this one. > > If you get to specify the ABI... > Nope.
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