In a previous message, Eric L. Strobel typed vigorously:
>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.
In conjunction with Avi's, I also use a little extension called HeapMagic
which helps keep all those memory bits and things as clean and tidy as
possible.
http://homepage.mac.com/~gnue/newton/
g.
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