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Re: CompactMem from a CDA

David A Lyons <dlyons@apple.com> writes:

>In article <behrenss.737852689@hphalle9> Soenke Behrens,
>behrenss@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE writes:
>> About the CompactMem thing ... couldn't I just use the Scheduler for
>this?
>> Hmm ...not really sure about this ... it says here an app or DA would
>> never have to use it. Any ideas on this?
>You want to have a "compact memory eventually" function in your CDA? 

Yes, that's exactly what I had in mind.

>Yes, you could use the scheduler, but you have no way to predict just
>when the scheduled task will finally execute, from the user's point of
>view (it would generally happen when the user gets back to the foreground
>application & isn't inside any alerts or Standard File or ChooseFont). 

I realized that. That's fine, I think, better to be able to compact
mem after a while than not at all.

>Also, the scheduler is limited to 4 pending tasks, so you may not be able
>to schedule your task.

Hmhm. In that case -> tough luck for the poor user.

Thanks for the answers

Soenke
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