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From: dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: NewHandle(0L) ?
Message-ID: <1990Oct19.135936.27307@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 19 Oct 90 13:59:36 GMT
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In article <32600007@inmet> gregh@inmet.inmet.com writes:
>   Is it permissable to call NewHandle (or NewPtr) with 0 as an argument?

I do it all the time, and have never had a problem.  How's that for
anecdotal evidence?
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Steve Dorner, U of Illinois Computing Services Office
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