RE: lua_Alloc alternative recommendations?

["Peter Pimley" <peter.pimley@...>]

"avoid using free/realloc etc, which I assume is the cause of the
crash."

Hi,

What I'd do first is to write a wrapper that just calls free/realloc,
but logs* each call and alerts* you if it fails.  At least then you'd
know for sure that this is where the trouble lies, rather than assuming
it.
(* How you do these will depend on your hardware of course)

The example function (http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#3.7)
could be modified pretty easily.

The thing is; if realloc IS failing then you're in trouble whichever way
you look at it.  Are you sure it's not some other part of your program
leaking or fragmenting memory?

Peter

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