Re: Windows array allocation problem

Dan Nagle wrote:
Hello,

Roy Lewallen wrote:

And, at the moment, I'm not able to even get within 350 MB of the 2 GB boundary. And I don't know why.

IIRC, Windows marks 250 MB at one end, and 100 MB at the other,
as unusable, in order to catch stray C pointers.

If that's true, then it's the answer to my question and the solution to my problem. If I know for sure how much will be unavailable, I can set the maximum allocation accordingly.

Unfortunately, I can't find any reference to this on the web. I've found that the top and bottom 64 kB are reserved, but no mention of larger amounts. Can you point me to a reference where this is explained or discussed?

Thanks,
Roy Lewallen
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