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Subject: silly ravenscar question
From: jan.de.kruyf@gmail.com
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Hallo,

I have a dumb question for which I don't find the answer:

Doing a variable length linked list on Gnat for Arm I found I can do 

object_access := new object;

but I can not free this object. I follow that dynamic memory allocation is something bad (tm), under certain circumstances. 
But now since 'new' seems to be allowed, does it work properly at all times?
I mean I could link any freed objects into a free list for later use. That does not cost much, probably less than allocating by way of 'new'.

But this way would be a type of dynamic memory allocation that then settles out at the maximum needed amount. Would that be 'Ravenscar-Pure' then?

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2nd silly question:
What did the gods do to libre.adacore.com?

For a while now it is very rare that I get access, and when I do it does not handle a download request properly. Is it just my internet feed? or is it systemic? Libre2 does work by the way, but for lots of things it links to libre or adacore.

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I am busy doing a very light ethernet fieldbus for a few Olimex stm34 boards and a pc.
Since I did not see I could get any speed out of openPowerlink and EtherCAT needs more involved hardware (although it is very fast)

Is there any interest in the community? I am willing to put it under GPL.


Cheers, and thanks for your attention.

jan.