Richard Goodman wrote:
> 
> Containers are always dimensioned as globals. I have a question about their
> memory requirements. Containers may hold several gigabytes of information.
> Is the amount of memory allocated, set at some very large value when a
> container is dimensioned, or is the memory allocation dynamic? In other
> words, is the amount of memory allocated just one byte when a container is
> "empty"? If a container holds, say just one ASCII character, is the memory
> allocated to it then 3 bytes?
> 

Richard,

We can envision a container as a global handle whose memory
allocation is managed by the runtime.
While such a statement is slightly inaccurate, we can however
retrieve the handle maintained for a given container variable and
why not examine its size like so:

Begin Globals
Dim gC As Container
End Globals

gC = "A"
Print Fn GetHandleSize([@gC])
gC = ""

Do
Handleevents
Until Fn Button

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Cheers,

Alain
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