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From: gjw@ANDREAS.WR.USGS.GOV (Gregory J. Woodhouse)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Need opinions re: BadAlloc
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Date: 21 Dec 90 20:19:25 GMT
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I'm now writing the code which sets the various properties WM_COMMAND,
WM_CLIENT_MACHINE, etc. required by the ICCCM.  I doubt a failure to
intern these atoms is likely, but am not at all sure how to procede if
trying to write to them produces a BadAlloc.  Is it preferable to
simply quit, not write to the properties (Here, I would have to trap the
error), or try to write some minimal set of properties?  In the latter
case, which ones?  Is there another course of action I'm missing?
A related question is: How likely are these errors to occur?  And again,
if I get a BadAlloc, what would have to happern for a later call to
XChangeProperty to succeed?

Pardon my naivete but I've never tried to write an ICCCM compliant applic-
ation before.

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