From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_20,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Received: by 2002:a37:a13:: with SMTP id 19mr3844325qkk.497.1632264016902; Tue, 21 Sep 2021 15:40:16 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a25:8409:: with SMTP id u9mr30220900ybk.159.1632264016707; Tue, 21 Sep 2021 15:40:16 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.misty.com!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news-out.google.com!nntp.google.com!postnews.google.com!google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 15:40:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=98.118.241.166; posting-account=QF6XPQoAAABce2NyPxxDAaKdAkN6RgAf NNTP-Posting-Host: 98.118.241.166 References: <75749f8d-0f2c-45ef-b45f-fe55500d6bf8n@googlegroups.com> <96e7199f-c354-402f-a6c6-2a0e042b6747n@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Custom Storage Pool questions From: Jere Injection-Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 22:40:16 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:62810 List-Id: It's ok! I realize I am not great at wording questions, so I just assume I asked it poorly. If it helps, your response did get me thinking more about the specifics of contiguous allocation vs not and how it would affect my design, which didn't even cross my mind before. On Monday, September 20, 2021 at 7:51:17 PM UTC-4, Randy Brukardt wrote: > Sorry about that, I didn't understand what you were asking. And I get > defensive about people who think that a pool should get some specific Size > (and only that size), so I leapt to a conclusion and answered accordingly. > > The compiler requests all of the memory IT needs, but if the pool needs some > additional memory for it's purposes (pretty common), it will need to add > that space itself. It's hard to imagine how it could be otherwise, I guess I > would have thought that goes without saying. (And that rather proves that > there is nothing that goes without saying.) > > Randy. > > "Jere" <> wrote in message > news:96e7199f-c354-402f...@googlegroups.com... > > On Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at 3:01:52 AM UTC-4, Simon Wright wrote: > >> Jere <> writes: > >> > >> > Thanks for the response. I'm sorry for all the questions. That's how > >> > I learn and I realize it isn't a popular way to learn in the > >> > community, but I have always learned very differently than most. > >> Seems to me you ask interesting questions which generate enlightening > >> responses! > > Thanks! though in this case, my question was ill formed after I missed a > > detail > > in the blog, so the mistake is on me. I will say I hold back some > > questions > > as it is very intimidating to ask on C.L.A. I mean the first response led > > off > > with "Not sure what you are expecting" so it is hard to know how to > > formulate > > a good question as I always seem to get some harsh responses (which I am > > sure is because I asked the question poorly). I'm unfortunately a very > > visual > > person and words are not my forte and I feel like when I ask questions > > about > > the boundaries of the language I manage to put folks on the defensive. I > > don't dislike Ada at all, it is my favorite language, but I think it is > > hard to > > craft questions on some topics without putting forth the impression that > > I don't like it, at least with my limited ability to word craft.