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3 Using Local Memory Heaps
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4.1 Chunk Arrays
Local memory heaps are used for many purposes in GEOS. Objects are stored in special LMem heaps, called object blocks ; windows, GStrings, and many other things are implemented as LMem heaps; and LMem heaps can be used to manage arrays of data. Most of these things are done by the system, transparent to the user; however, some of these things can be called on directly by applications.
Most of these techniques are described in their own chapters. One use of LMem heaps will be described in this chapter; namely, the use of LMem chunks to store special arrays of data via the Chunk Array routines. The chapter will also describe special purpose variants of the Chunk Array: the Element Array and the Name Array.
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| 3 Using Local Memory Heaps
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