<html>
<head>
<style>
.hmmessage P
{
margin:0px;
padding:0px
}
body.hmmessage
{
font-size: 10pt;
font-family:Verdana
}
</style>
</head>
<body class='hmmessage'>
<br><br>> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:23:53 +0100<br>> From: walter@vanniftrik-it.nl<br>> To: scummvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net<br>> Subject: Re: [Scummvm-devel] SCI mem functions<br>> <br>> Max Horn wrote:<br>> > We used to provide our own new / delete for this purpose. It caused us <br>> > only troubles, and we got rid of it. So, I say nay to keeping this -- <br>> > get rid of it ASAP :-).<br>> <br>> I'm OK with that. However, I should note that the code currently relies <br>> on sci_malloc (etc) for error checking, so blindly substituting malloc <br>> for sci_malloc everywhere is probably a bad idea.<br>> <br>> Regards,<br>> <br>> Walter<br>> <br><br>Erm... is there any purpose in these memory checks?<br>I mean, is there any particular reason why malloc() and the like would fail?<br>(normally, it should never fail, unless there's a very nasty leak somewhere)<br><br>Regards<br>Filippos<br><br /><hr />Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows Live. <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093185mrt/direct/01/' target='_new'>See Now</a></body>
</html>