> From: Bob Whiteman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> It is my understanding that [...] if you use MemPtrFree() with
> MemHandleNew() the OS has to call MemPtrRecoverHandle() and then
> call MemHandleFree() for you. It still works but it takes more time.

This is a case where access to the OS source would be very helpful to you.
The memory manager source shows exactly how allocation and deallocation
works.

> If I'm going to bother making a handle I allocate it in database
> memory using DmNewHandle() [...].  The drawback is that I have to
> use DmWrite(), but there's reasonable ways to manage that.

This is an especially handy trick when allocating memory for fields, since
fields do support using write-protected storage memory.

-slj-



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