RE: [Boost-users] Changing the heap allocator

From: Jim.Hyslop (Jim.Hyslop_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-04-14 08:24:50

David Barrett-Lennard wrote:
> Yes HeapSetInformation() will do it once you have the heap handle.
> However, the CRT creates its own heap with a call to HeapCreate(), and
> stores the heap handle in a global variable called _crtheap 
> that is not
> exported by the library.
Right, of course - I thought that GetProcessHeap() would return the correct
heap, but it does not.

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Jim Hyslop
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