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authorQuincey Koziol <koziol@hdfgroup.org>2004-05-08 02:38:54 (GMT)
committerQuincey Koziol <koziol@hdfgroup.org>2004-05-08 02:38:54 (GMT)
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[svn-r8494] Purpose:
Further clarification about the free blocks in a local heap.
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@@ -1620,10 +1620,13 @@ TABLE.list TD { border:none; }
first free block (or the
<A href="#UndefinedAddress">undefined address</A> if there is no
free block). The free block contains "Size of Lengths" bytes that
- are the offset of the next free chunk (or the
+ are the offset of the next free block (or the
value '1' if this is the
- last free chunk) followed by "Size of Lengths" bytes that store
- the size of this free chunk.
+ last free block) followed by "Size of Lengths" bytes that store
+ the size of this free block. The size of the free block includes
+ the space used to store the offset of the next free block and
+ the of the current block, making the minimum size of a free block
+ 2 * "Size of Lengths".
</P>
</td>
</tr>