In reviewing some visual-basic source code, I've found a reference to something called "allchase.dll", which purports to contain routines to release memory that "allbase" should have released, but didn't.

Since we're using MBfoster, I suspect this no longer applies, but before I yank the references, I'd like confirmation that I really am "taking out the trash" on this one.  [I'm actually (almost) quite certain we aren't using it, as calls to the routine are "guarded" by an uninitialized-integer-treated-as-a-boolean as follows:

   if gAllChaseOn then
      i = Allchase_Clean() 
      if i < 0 then msgbox "Allchase returned " & i
   end if

yeah -- I shudder too at the thought of such techniques, but...]

Anyone got any interesting history lessons on how or why this came about? [or should I pose this question on hp3000-L and time how long it take the topic to go astray?]

Tom