Hey,

I am using the HiTech compiler, since I know this might be compiler dependent.

I was hoping for some advice/corrections on dynamically allocating memory.

My understanding is this:
1. The device has X bytes of memory.
2. I can assign the address of memory I wish to use to a pointer, and
work from there.
3. I need to somehow make sure I don't use memory which is already
assigned by the compiler.
4. I _assume_ the compiler will use the lower memory ranges, so if I
know how much memory the compiler has assigned, I can use any other
above that address? I can determine this from the following output:
Memory Summary:
Program space        used   8DEh (  2270) of  8000h bytes   (  6.9%)
Data space           used    A9h (   169) of   600h bytes   ( 11.0%)
EEPROM space         used     0h (     0) of   100h bytes   (  0.0%)
External data memory None available
ID Location space    used     0h (     0) of     8h nibbles (  0.0%)
Configuration bits   used     7h (     7) of     7h words   (100.0%)

>From here I figured, I can choose an address range based on the following data:
1. I have a PIC 18F2520.
2. It has 1536 bytes of SRAM (600h), as seen in row 2 of the summary above.
3. The compiler assigned 169 bytes (A9h) of memory.

Then chosen as follows: Any addresses above A9, and to accommodate
future changes, use any above 200, and carefully monitor my compiles?

Alternatively. I had a quick glance over the compiler's manual, and
noticed memory areas called "psects", which can be user defined with
#pragma psect, but I don't see how I can use this for the described
purpose.

Any/all advice would be appreciated.

Quintin Beukes
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