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From: mks@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael Sinz - CATS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Procure() and Vacate()
Message-ID: <8109@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 6 Oct 89 12:28:16 GMT
References: <186@egrunix.UUCP> <8068@cbmvax.UUCP> <191@egrunix.UUCP> <8084@cbmvax.UUCP> <18004@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: mks@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael Sinz - CATS)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <18004@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> navas@cory.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (David C. Navas) writes:
>In article <8084@cbmvax.UUCP> mks@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael Sinz - CATS) writes:
  [Deleted...]
>Umm, okay, as long as we're on the topic...  Does anyone know how well (or if)
>Procure() and Vacate() work (I'll be using them pretty darn soon now.)

Procure() and Vacate() work great.  However, you should know that there is
more system and programmer overhead in using them over ObtainSemaphore()
and ReleaseSemaphore()...  The AddSemaphore() work-around is perfectly
legal and "recommended"

>
>David Navas
>navas@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU

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