somewhere near the temporal coordinates of 5/3/02 6:18 PM, the entity known
as David Orriss Jr transmitted the following from dave_at_davenet.net:
>
> On 5/3/2002 3:06 PM, Fred Buecker wrote:
>> I have a 2100 with a slow but steady memory leak. Avi's BD allows me to
>> clean the memory easily, but I'm wondering if there are any apps that will
>> help me track down the offending app. I'm not really in a mood to just start
>> freezing things to see where the problem is. (Although if that's the only
>> way...)
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Fred
>>
>>
>
> The newton OS just *has* memory leaks. That's why the Avi's BD and the
> -10061 hack exist. The NewtonOS is very cool.. but it's got it's cracks
> in it's armor from all of the BS it went through thanks to Apple/$J
> politics.
>
> Still I can't hold too much against SJ. The Toy Story movies are among
> my kids favorites... ;)
Actually, there is NO memory leak. IIRC (it's been a while since this
semi-FAQ has come up), the code that Avi's BD uses to check on the memory
has to use a small piece of memory itself. If you watch the number, it goes
down to a certain point, and then the NewtOS 'cleans' the memory on its own
and the number pops right back up. Furthermore, if any package calls for
memory, I believe the OS 'cleans' memory before attempting to allocate the
requested memory. So, you see, this is just an artifact and nothing of any
consequence.
(My preference, though, would be that the number only update when I tap on
it. If I want to clean the memory, then I'd tap on the little RAM icon.
This would be less disturbing to new users.)
- Eric.
--Eric Strobel (fyzycyst_at_NOSPAM^mailaps.org)
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