Twas brillig at 11:00:07 08.09.2009 UTC+02 when j...@debian.org did gyre and gimble:
JM> If it’s an operation that specifically requires much memory, Glib JM> provides g_try_*alloc functions for that. JM> However, when allocations start failing for string manipulation JM> operations, the application is doomed. Freeing caches or correctly finishing (e.g. rolling back current file operation) and shutting down are the possible actions in case of lack of memory. JM> Note that most high-level languages are also going to simply dump JM> an unhandled exception when the process gets out of memory. Yes, and it can be handled (though rarely do). -- http://fossarchy.blogspot.com/
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