Hello Mr. McMackins,
Is there a way to allocate a buffer in OpenWatcom that is larger than
64k? I'm currently trying to stay within the compact memory model, but
even if I compile for huge memory model, I'm getting an out of memory
error for trying to allocate about 80k for a buffer. My machine has 128M
of memory, so I'm not actually running out of memory. This code works
fine under DJGPP, so I know my hardware is capable.
I think the hmalloc( ) and hfree( ) functions in <malloc.h> should do
the job, even in a small-model program:
#include <malloc.h>
int main(void)
{
char __huge *buf = halloc(80, 1024);
unsigned long i;
for (i = 0; i < 80ul * 1024; ++i)
buf[i] = 0xf6;
hfree(buf);
return 0;
}
The __huge buffer will be limited to the lower 1 MiB or so of
conventional memory though.
Thank you!
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