Re: [Oorexx-devel] RexxAllocateMemory

2021-11-27 Thread Rick McGuire
on Windows GlobalAlloc is preferred because that is something that can be used by the caller. RexxAllocateMemory() and RexxFreeMemory() are fairly recent additions to ensure the proper mechanism is used. Nothing should be changed here. Rick On Sat, Nov 27, 2021 at 2:10 PM Erich Steinböck wrote:

[Oorexx-devel] RexxAllocateMemory

2021-11-27 Thread Erich Steinböck
On Windows RexxAllocateMemory uses GlobalAlloc, whose docs state "The global functions have greater overhead and provide fewer features than other memory management functions. New applications should use the heap functions .." The mentioned heap functions are HeapAlloc/HeapFree, but require an ini