[fpc-pascal] Question on how to avoid memory trouble

[George Lober]

Florian Klaempfl wrote:
> Helmut Hartl schrieb:
>   
>>  > >FastMM is open source, has anyone ported it to FPC?
>>  > 
>>  > There are users that have got FastMM working with FPC. But 
>>  > it is not needed. The standard FPC heap manager is for 
>>  > single-threaded applications as fast as FastMM.
>>
>> A little bit shortsighted (IMHO),as "everyone seriously concerning
>> performance" 
>>     
>
> Well, depending on FastMM is short sight too because FastMM is using
> heavily assembler, so it is i386 only.
>
> I think a better approach is to extend the current fpc memory manager to
> perform better in multithreaded environments.
>
>   
>> is concentrating on multithreaded, multiprocessor applications, wich are
>> lock and waitfree, right now.
>>     
>
> Well, the lockless multithreaded memory managers are a myth. Atomic
> exchange operations take a also a lot of time and are locked by the cpu
> as well.
>
>   
>> Is there anyone around who is using FastMM in FPC?
>> A guide what is necessary to get FastMM working with FPC
>> is much appreciated.
>>     
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One nice side benefit of FastMM is that it automatically lets you know 
of memory leaks with no fuss and bother on the programmers part.

--
George