Re: Dynamic allocation in the predefined language environment

[Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>]

"Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> writes:

> "Simon Wright" <simon@pushface.org> wrote in message 
> news:lytwthxq1t.fsf@pushface.org...
>> Bob Duff <bobduff@theworld.com> writes:
>>
>>> Yes, the predefined containers packages unfortunately don't allow you
>>> to specify the storage pool.
>>
>> An advantage of the Booch Components!
>
> Which works because there is only a single implementation of both the
> specs and bodies. If you don't specify the contents of the bodies,
> specifying the storage pool is nearly useless (the main use would be
> to use some sort of debugging pool), as the only pool implementations
> would have the same properties as the global default storage pool.

Come to think, the time we used this was as the storage pool for
fixed-size objects, pointers to which were held in a bounded container.