> Hi All,
>
> What are the pros and cons of doing;
>
> CharPtr pTrunc = (CharPtr) MemPtrNew(textLen + 3); and then
> MemPtrFree(pTrunc);
>
> Versus doing;
>
> char strTrunc[MAX_LENGTH]; and
> letting the system free this memory when the stack is popped at
> function end?
>
>
Besides allocating only the memory required does MemPtrNew have any other
advantages. Is there something different about the palm OS that doesn't
work as well when doing things the old C style way?
> Thanks,
> Steve Seeley
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