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From: mitchell@tci.UUCP (Rob Mitchell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Known Symantec Think C 4.01 bug and work-around
Message-ID: <514@tci.UUCP>
Date: 22 Oct 90 21:39:37 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Technology Concepts, Inc. Sudbury Mass.
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Subj:	Known Symantec Think C 4.01 bug and work-around
Date:	22-Oct-1990
Auth:	Rob Mitchell, Technology Concepts Inc.


BUG:	LLastClick, of List Manager routines, returns a long instead
	of a Cell type as defined in Inside Mac.

BUGGY CODE:
	...
	Cell		theCell;
	ListHandle	myList;

			/* compiler generates illegal 
			 * union/struct operation
			 */
	theCell = LLastClick (myList);
	...

SOLUTION:  Stick return of LLastClick into a long and cast 
	   long to Cell type.

SOLUTION CODE:
	...
	Cell		theCell;
	ListHandle	myList;
	long		tLong;

	tLong = LLastClick (myList);
	theCell = *(Cell *) &tLong;
	...

IN CLOSING:

	Symantec's Technial Support staff took all of 30 seconds to
analayze the problem and offer the solution.  I'm really impressed
by the service and quality of Symantec.