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From: lsr@Apple.com (Larry Rosenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: How to get sizeRect?
Message-ID: <11782@goofy.Apple.COM>
Date: 19 Jan 91 01:34:05 GMT
References: <1991Jan16.231355.3992@csn.org> <3770@uakari.primate.wisc.edu> <1991Jan18.153558.4723@nada.kth.se>
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In article <1991Jan18.153558.4723@nada.kth.se>, d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte) writes:
> 
> GetGrayRgn ( ) is [ Not In ROM ] - if the call's not there, the
> global ain't either. Check for old ROMs or something instead...
> New Sys software should provide the GetGrayRgn ( ) call on any
> machine.

The GrayRgn low memory global has been in the system from the very beginning.
The current MPW interfaces implements GetGrayRgn as an inline that simply
accesses the global.

The designation Not in ROM simply means there is no trap call, so that the
routine is either implemented in glue or as an inline.