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From: valentin@cbmvax.commodore.com (Valentin Pepelea)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: :  Exec message ports
Keywords: CreatePort(), DeletePort(), amiga.lib
Message-ID: <9394@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 20 Jan 90 05:51:01 GMT
References: <2617@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov>
Reply-To: valentin@cbmvax.commodore.com (Valentin Pepelea)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <2617@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> zupke@mars.UUCP (Brian Zupke) writes:
>
>Howdy!  I'm working on a program that is using Exec message ports to do
>intertask communications.  I was first using the amiga.lib CreatePort() ...
>
>I replaced the amiga.lib functions with
>my own (following the Exec: manual) and it works fine.  My question is:
>Is there something wrong with these functions in amiga.lib (Aztec-C) or is
>more being done than allocating a signal and port and both being deleted?

When asking such questions, include source code. I would like to see how
exactly you call CratePort() and DeletePort(). The source code for these
two functions is provided in the Includes & Autodocs manual. You should be
able to figure out what exactly is going on from those.

Valentin