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Inside Macintosh: Memory /
Chapter 2 - Memory Manager / Memory Manager Reference
Memory Manager Routines / Freeing Memory

PurgeMemSys

You can use the PurgeMemSys procedure to purge the system heap manually.

PROCEDURE PurgeMemSys (cbNeeded: Size);
cbNeeded
The size, in bytes, of the block for which PurgeMemSys should attempt
to make room.
DESCRIPTION
The PurgeMemSys procedure works much as the PurgeMem procedure does, but purges the system heap instead of the current heap.

RESULT CODES
noErr0No error
memFullErr-108Not enough memory
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3 JUL 1996