Hi, On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 07:59:23PM +0200, Jochen Voss wrote: > If I remember correctly, you can do > > ptr = malloc (<really large number>); > > without problem. The real memory allocation is delayed until the > memory is actually used. So a program allocating but not using > 2 gigs of memory would just run fine. Although it's still bad practice of course as it precludes all allocation policies other than total overcommit. Cheers, Emile. -- E-Advies / Emile van Bergen | emile@e-advies.info tel. +31 (0)70 3906153 | http://www.e-advies.info
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