memory allocation/deallocation (malloc experts needed)

[Chuck Swiger]

Till Plewe wrote:
> My problem is essentially that freeing large numbers of small chunks
> of memory can be very slow. I have run into this problem twice so far.
[ ... ]
> One solution would be to divide the memory in larger regions and to
> tell malloc which chunk to use for the next few calls, respectively when a
> whole chunk could be freed. But I don't know how to do this.

Consider using (or searching for information about) a zone-based malloc. 
NEXTSTEP used one and hence Darwin/OS X probably have sources available for 
you to consider...

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-Chuck