Re: memory allocation problem

> If you are using XP like I am you may need to build an image that has
> more space set aside. Here is how I built one for ACL 6.2 that has  
> lots
> of room in both the lisp heap and the C heap.
>
> (excl:build-lisp-image "c:/software/acl62/mylisp.dxl" :lisp-heap-start
> #x14000000 :c-heap-start #x31000000 :lisp-heap-size 480000000
> :c-heap-size 500000000)

>> Memory allocation problem: An allocation request for 262160 bytes
>> caused a need for 56623104 more bytes of heap.

Hi,

but why allocating 256 kilobytes requires 56 MEGABYTES of heap? Is it  
a misleading message or something weird in the garbage collector?

David