[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#6182) remove some static map-sized arrays

["Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gregory Berkolaiko wrote:
> Sorry about a late answer, it was bounced yesterday.
> 
> On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Jason Short wrote:
> 
> 
>>>BTW, I appreciate the elegance of using  
>>>     mem = realloc(mem, ..)                  (1)
>>>instead of
>>>     if (!mem) {
>>>       mem = malloc(...)                     (2)
>>>     }
>>
>>Since you may run multiple games with one civserver, the realloc (or 
>>some other cleverness) is necessary.
> 
> 
> Can you do it now?  IIRC no.  And why would you want to?  It's much easier 
> to start another process, easier to control and all.

I'm pretty sure you can do it now.  Per made a patch for this some time 
ago.  Of course nobody ever does it so it may not work...

jason