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BLINKER OVERLAY THRESHOLD
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Purpose : Set size of the smallest overlaid segments
Syntax : BLINKER OVERLAY THRESHOLD <nuLimit>
Default : 32 bytes
Example : # only overlay segments larger than 64 bytes
BLINKER OVERLAY THRESHOLD 64
This command sets the threshold size below which code specified to be
overlaid will be moved back to the root section of the program. Very
small routines (less than 32 bytes) take up more root space when they
are overlaid, due to overlay manager table entries, than they would if
they were simply left in the root.
Additionally, very small overlaid routines execute disproportionately
slower, since the time overhead in loading / calling them may be large
in comparison with the actual execution time of the routine. If it is
the case that very small routines are very frequently called, the
developer may wish to specify a threshold large enough to cause them to
be moved back to the root, improving the performance of the program.
Note that this command has no effect on Clipper 5.01 code overlaid
through the paging system.
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