[Scummvm-devel] CHECK_HEAP ?

[Kostas Nakos]

Travis Howell wrote:
> From: "Max Horn" <max at quendi.de>
>> is anybody / anything still using CHECK_HEAP, or can it be removed?
>> It's only used in a few spots in the scumm engine and nowhere else
>> anyway...
> 
> It is used to help debug heap-related problems under Windows NT/2000/XP, by 
> checking for minimal consistency of the heap (check '_heapchk' on MSDN web 
> site for more detail). Considering how little it is used in ScummVM, it 
> might as well be removed, I have never had checkheap() error triggered 
> myself.

It is also "used" by the Windows CE port for exactly the same reasons. I 
use the quotation marks as I can't seem to find a reference to it from 
anywhere. So I agree with Kirben on this, we may as well let it go.

Kostas