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from: Peter Fitzsimmons
date: 1995-12-06 23:23:52
subject: malloc question

PB> The size parameter in malloc is defined as an unsigned integer in
 PB> the header files for CSet++. Does this mean that allocations are
 PB> limited to 65535 elements or am I misinterpreting something? Thanks.

Since Cset++ is a 32bit compiler,  an "unsigned" value has a
range from 0 to 4 billion (2^32-1).

In a 16bit compiler,  your 65535 assumption would have been correct.


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