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From: scott@scotty (Scott Howard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: NewHandle(0L) ?
Message-ID: <1990Oct19.151254.8197@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 19 Oct 90 15:12:54 GMT
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Why call a handle up before you need to? If you 
pre-allocate it with 0L, you lose the advantage of being
able to tuck it into an unobtrusive corner of your application's
heap. At any rate, It ought to work as long as you don't try
disposing it.