Re: [CODE] Memory and Shared String Management

From: George Greer (greerga@circlemud.org)
Date: 04/15/03


On Sat, 12 Apr 2003, xeon wrote:

>    I'm new to the list. I was wondering if anyone could explain to me how
>memory management works in Circle? I know its not just simple malloc's and
>free's, it almost looks like it recycles memory with lists off all the
>``freed" things and just reuses them whenever it needs a new one.

You're probably looking at a CircleMUD derivative because it doesn't
recycle structures or share strings in the stock code.  Or at least none I
can remember as significant off the top of my head.  Those features sound
like a C++ version as String classes typically do it.

--
George Greer
greerga@circlemud.org

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