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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: dynamic multithreading
Date: 19 Nov 2002 21:41:49 +0000
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Lutz Donnerhacke <lutz@iks-jena.de> writes:

> * Simon Wright wrote:
> > Lutz Donnerhacke <lutz@iks-jena.de> writes:
> >> Simple. The access variable has a local scope and all objects associated
> >> with it are automatically freed when the type goes out of scope. You may
> >> limit the pool size of this access type ...
> > 
> > If you look at the code in question you will see that the type is not
> > local (to the loop). It is local to the given subprogram, but the loop
> > is endless in the subprogram.
> 
> I saw this and therefore noted the limitation of the pool.

Oh, sorry, misunderstanding: did you mean "If you want to achieve this
effect, you must give the access type a local scope [and set
'Storage_Size] and then all objects associated with it are
automatically freed when the type goes out of scope."? I thought you
were discussing the posted code ..

> > I agree that on a modern hosted OS like Linux or Windows, when you
> > terminate the main program the memory it has allocated will be
> > restored. But that will not do you much good if your os is eg VxWorks.
> 
> I do not talk about termination.

Some of us have no choice.