[A83] Re: allocating uninitialized memory? + _insertmem
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[A83] Re: allocating uninitialized memory? + _insertmem
what about appvars??
At 03:35 AM 5/31/03, you wrote:
> > >It's still sloppy, though. You can't absolutely guarantee that another
> > >program won't already exist with the same name - although you could
> > >manually
> > >check that, I suppose.
> >
> > That seems like a silly arguement. If your program is named Bingo, say,
> > create a program named BINGODATA or whatever. Talking about garantees
>isn't
> > going to get you anywhere, and you can't absolutely garantee that there
>will
> > be free RAM space no matter what method you use. At least this way you
>can
> > garantee that the system isn't going to scribble all over your data
>because
> > you put it into what is essentially scratch space.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>Well, who's to say that there isn't already a program on the calculator
>called "BINGODATA" (if programs could have 9 character names, that is)? And
>besides, the only reason you would use this method that I can think of would
>be to save data for future use. But then you run into troubles with keeping
>data in sync - making sure that the user didn't delete the save program, or
>whether it's archived or not etc. IMHO, it is generally better to use a
>shell that supports writeback or write the data back yourself when you need
>to store vital data.
>
>Using the free RAM space for temporary buffers/lookup tables or whatever is
>a cleaner method with a hell of a lot less overhead.
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