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From: d88-jwa@nada.kth.se (Jon Watte)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Better Docs/more proposals/useful sources of info
Message-ID: <2269@draken.nada.kth.se>
Date: 6 Nov 89 12:02:15 GMT
References: <1989Nov1.232424.8861@agate.berkeley.edu> <16467@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>
Reply-To: h+@proxxi.se (Jon W{tte)
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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In article <16467@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> ari@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Ari Halberstadt) writes:
>bound, small, and the binder rings are ROUND!!! Yes, you don't have
>to push 600 pagesto get to the index!!! (or maybe I'm fantasizing,

I agree wholeheartedly on the "One updated section per manager" idea.

>Maybe we could have a frequently asked questions posting,

>on the same problems...what's the point??? We just need to find someone

I * MIGHT * be able to do this. I think it requires setting up a
mail alias, and the sysops at THIS system might not feel the need
for this as badly as the Net seems to :-) I might be able to do
this on another system, though then with one-day type of delays...

Mail me (as h+@nada.kth.se or h+@proxxi.se) if you NEED this, and
come with suggestions !

>That's about it. Oh, someone asked about handles, but I couldn't
>get through to him. If you're still out there:
>	**hndl = SomethingThatFoolsWithMemory();

>Don't do that: THINK C evaluates the pointer first, then calls the
>function, so if memory moves, you're in trouble. Similarly, don't do
>	SomethingThatFoolsWithMemory(&(**struct_hndl).element);
>For the same reason.

Of course you can do:
	HLock(hndl);
	**hndl = SomeThingThatMessesWithMemory();
	HUnlock(hndl);

That's what those calls are for...

Happy Hacking !
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