I've run some tests, and they don't look good.
I start with a totally new movie--no cast, no sprites, no scripts, not
even running. Blank slate. Use system temporary memory disabled.
In the message window, I repeatedly do "put the freebytes". While the
memory inspector stays constant, I get this from the freebytes:
-- 33418944
-- 33418760
-- 33418548
-- 33418332
-- 33417544
-- 33417348
-- 33417144
-- 33416932
-- 33416680
Then I switch to "put the freebytes/1024"
-- 32633
-- 32632
-- 32632
-- 32632
-- 32631
-- 32631
-- 32633
-- 32630
-- 32630
-- 32630
-- 32630
-- 32629
-- 32629
-- 32628
--
32628
-- 32628
-- 32628
-- 32627
I'm getting similar results on Windows (ME). But, Buddy's
baMemoryInfo("free ram") returns this:
20934656
20930560
20930560
20930560
20930560
20930560
Now who ya gonna trust? I assume the difference in the first two is
because of the Buddy instantiation. Gary tells me that Buddy uses system
API calls. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work on the Mac.
Cordially,
Kerry Thompson
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