From 7a7b0046b601772ab591368d633f3a9221222b2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Quincey Koziol Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 21:38:54 -0500 Subject: [svn-r8494] Purpose: Further clarification about the free blocks in a local heap. --- doc/html/H5.format.html | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/html/H5.format.html b/doc/html/H5.format.html index 8ff8536..7fa8ca6 100644 --- a/doc/html/H5.format.html +++ b/doc/html/H5.format.html @@ -1620,10 +1620,13 @@ TABLE.list TD { border:none; } first free block (or the undefined address 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".

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