Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!munnari.oz.au!uhccux!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!ANDREW.CMU.EDU!zs01+ From: zs01+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Zalman Stern) Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.andrew Subject: Re: view_FullUpdate(view, view_Remove, ...) Message-ID: Date: 1 Jun 90 22:08:35 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 16 Bill Janssen writes: > [...] > As you note, FullUpdate with view_Remove is really for a different > purpose than FullUpdate. Perhaps a valid graphical context is only > guaranteed if the type of FullUpdate is view_FullRedraw? > [...] The problem with "mandating" this is that many FullUpdate routines don't pay enough attention to the type parameter. Therefore it is likely that calling a FullUpdate routine with type view_Remove while the graphic context is invalid will result in a core dump. Sincerely, Zalman Stern | Internet: zs01+@andrew.cmu.edu | Usenet: I'm soooo confused... Information Technology Center, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 *** Friends don't let friends program in C++ ***