Re: [PATCHES] patches for compiling GNU emacs 21.2 under Cygwin

[Joe Buehler]

>  +/* let's not be adventurous */
>  +#define SYSTEM_MALLOC 1
>
> Why is that a good idea?  Isn't it better to use gmalloc and ralloc?
> That should make an Emacs whose memory footprint does not grow that
> much, I think.  What is so ``adventurous'' in using that?

I recompiled emacs 21.2 under Cygwin without SYSTEM_MALLOC, and it appears
to work just fine.  Under Windows NT, at least -- I'll let you know
if the released version gets complaints from users of other versions
of Windows.

Joe Buehler