[Python-Dev] mallopt (Was: Minor compilation problem on HP-UX (1.6b1)) (original) (raw)

Mark Favas mark@per.dem.csiro.au
Mon, 7 Aug 0 21:34:42 WST

To add to Vladimir Marangozov's comments about mallopt, in terms of both portability and utility (before too much time is expended)...

From the Tru64 Unix man page:

NOTES

The mallopt() and mallinfo() functions are not supported for multithreaded applications.

The mallopt() and mallinfo() functions are designed for tuning a specific algorithm. The Tru64 UNIX operating system uses a new, more efficient algorithm. The mallopt() and mallinfo() functions are provided for System V compatibility only and should not be used by new applications. The behavior of the current malloc() and free() functions is not be affected by calls to mallopt(). The structure returned by the mallinfo() function might not contain any useful information.

-- Mark Favas