[fpc-pascal]Issues regarding available memory

[Alan Mead]

--- Jonas Maebe <jonas at zeus.ugent.be> wrote:

> The heap manager is written to give a run time error 203 when you
> ask 
> for memory and it can't be allocated. You can catch this using 
> exceptions.

Ah. I was looking for a nil pointer from GetMem.  But you're saying
that I never get it because the heap manager never refuses GetMem, it
just grows the heap or, if it cannot grow the heap, throws an error? 


So I only have an abstract understanding of exceptions.  I wrap the
getmem in a try..except structure?  Do I need to (can I) test for
specific error conditions? I seem to get RTE 216 on Linux and 203 on
Windows.  Or, I don't see a memory exception class on page 102 of the
refenece guide...  Is there a more complete list elsewhere?

Thanks very much for your answer!

BTW, is getmem depracated?

-Alan


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