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From: mks@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael Sinz - CATS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Port vs. MsgPort and other RKM oddities
Keywords: RKM, Port, CreateStdIO()
Message-ID: <8423@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 7 Nov 89 15:09:40 GMT
References: <4186@blake.acs.washington.edu> <488@glyph.UUCP> <4203@blake.acs.washington.edu>
Reply-To: mks@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael Sinz - CATS)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <4203@blake.acs.washington.edu> dlarson@blake.acs.washington.edu (Dale Larson) writes:
>In article <488@glyph.UUCP> ahh@glyph.UUCP (Andy Heffernan) writes:
>>In article <4186@blake.acs.washington.edu> dlarson@blake.acs.washington.edu (Dale Larson) writes:
>>>Again, I can find no reference to CreateExtIO() in
>>>the AutoDocs.  I guess this is one of the problems people are refering
>
>OOPS!  I meant to say that I can find no reference to CreateStdIO(),
>of course I can find reference to CreateExtIO()!!!  (right in the
>index even :-)
>
>>Gee, my crummy old 1.2 autodocs have CreateStdIO() and CreateExtIO().
>>Look in the exec_support section.
>
>CreateStdIO() isn't in the 1.3 autodocs, at least, not in the function
>index (unless out of place alphabetically :-)

We are trying to discurage the use of CreateStdIO().  Since both of these
are linker libraries, this is no real problem.  Also, CreateStdIO() will
now just do a CreateExtIO() with sizeof(struct IOStdReq)

DeleteStdReq() will also now just call DeleteExtReq() and since the
delete routine knows how big the request is, it will correctly free
the memory.

>Does this mean my 1.3 autodocs are buggy?

No, this does not, but there is no such thing as bug-free system documentation.

>-- 
>	    A lack of prior planning on the part of any programmer 
>		       always constitutes an emergency.
>	
>           Digital Teddy Bear      dlarson@blake.acs.washington.edu

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