Alloc problem

[LithiumDex]

When using Masm32's Alloc function, it seemed to have problems allocating large ammounts of data, the cut off seems to be somewhere between 1228800 Bytes, and 1920000 Bytes -- As the first worked and the second caused a crash (although Alloc did not return an error), when accessing the memory. I got around this problem by using crt_malloc and crt_free as defined in msvcrt.lib/inc -- Just thought I would mention this if this issue is not already known.

EDIT: crt_malloc and crt_free

[hutch--]

Use the "alloc" macro, it will allocate a gigabyte if you have that much memory available.

[Ehtyar]

Is there any rerason people seem to avoid using HeapAlloc/VirtualAlloc? I thought it was generally best to use these as opposed to a pre-backed solution.

Ehtyar.

[hutch--]

HeapAlloc/VirtualAlloc are fine, just check if they suit your memory allocation strategy.

[Ehtyar]

What other options are there? (aside from native/obsolete functions) Wouldn't the macros just call one of these?

Ehtyar.