On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Danny Epstein wrote:
> At 12:03 PM -0500 12/2/99, McCollister, Mike wrote:
> >I am creating a structure using MemPtrNew. However, I noticed that with an
> >extra variable and an extra step that I can use MemHandleNew and then
> >MemHandleLock to get the pointer. What are the advantages of using one
> >method over the other?
>
> The advice I've heard is to use MemPtrNew rather than MemHandleNew followed by
>MemHandleLock for allocating chunks which can't be moved during their lifetime. The
>reason is that they're allocated at the opposite end of the heap. Of course if the
>chunk needn't be locked for its entire life, it's usually better to use a handle.
> -
> Danny Epstein, Applied Thought Corporation
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Just one question when we came onto that: is that chunk allocated in The
Heap - the same one where the variables, globals etc allocate their space
and is very expensive to use?
