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[Pioneer4x4]

I believe my program uses very little ram, how can I check? Do you check at compile, or execution?

[Random Terrain]

Do you use Visual batari Basic? If so, the information is at the bottom when you compile:

http://www.randomter...informationpane

[Pioneer4x4]

Random Terrain, on Wed Nov 16, 2011 10:04 PM, said:

Do you use Visual batari Basic? If so, the information is at the bottom when you compile:

http://www.randomter...informationpane

Yes, I do use Visual batari Basic.
All it gives me is ROM info,
2600 Basic compilation completed.
DASM V2.20.07, Macro Assembler ©1988-2003
bytes of ROM space left
1683 bytes of ROM space left

[RevEng]

short story: bB won't tell you how much ram you're using. You have to do it manually.

Mostly this is because bB gives names to memory locations you can use (a, b, c, ..., var0, var1, ...) in advance, rather than having you do it on the fly.

An add-on could be built that would analyze your source code, but it would be pretty complicated for just tracking ram usage.

[Random Terrain]

Pioneer4x4, on Thu Nov 17, 2011 5:15 AM, said:

Random Terrain, on Wed Nov 16, 2011 10:04 PM, said:

Do you use Visual batari Basic? If so, the information is at the bottom when you compile:

http://www.randomter...informationpane

Yes, I do use Visual batari Basic.
All it gives me is ROM info,
2600 Basic compilation completed.
DASM V2.20.07, Macro Assembler ©1988-2003
bytes of ROM space left
1683 bytes of ROM space left

Oh yeah, you said RAM not ROM.

[Pioneer4x4]

OK, Thanks both of you. Since my ROB program is very linear, and I don't use any variables I know I have plenty, I was mainly curious.