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From: daven@svc.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: TRAP BUG? In SetGrowZone()
Message-ID: <1990Dec7.224330.17972@svc.portal.com>
Date: 7 Dec 90 22:43:30 GMT
References: <1CE00001.66qcvx@tbomb.ice.com>
Organization: Software Ventures
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In article <1CE00001.66qcvx@tbomb.ice.com> time@tbomb.ice.com writes:
>I am implementing the trap call in Assembler, and Inside Mac Vol II
>page 42 clearly states that d0 returns a result code. However, I did
>not make the logical leap to see that the Pascal call (shown just
>above the assembler comment :) was a procedure.
>
>I starting trapping applications, and all of them ignored the return
>code. This is when I realized the answer that you gave. Gotta take
>that bible with a grain of salt some times.

Tim, I kind of suspected you were working in assembler. I noticed the
assembler info mentioned D0 holding the error result and it made me
wonder.

I suspect just about everyone who's been through IM more than once
keeps a saltshaker handy.  :)


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