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From: bombadil@diku.dk (Kristian Nielsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Help with forbid()
Message-ID: <1991Jan28.161307.25021@odin.diku.dk>
Date: 28 Jan 91 16:13:07 GMT
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dbucciar@isis.cs.du.edu (Dom Bucciarelli) writes:

>I'm trying to use the forbid() call to stop multitasking while I do a 
>benchmark code segment.  Unfortunately, I don't know how to tell my 

Are you sure you wouldn't want to use Disable()/Enable() instead, to turn
off interrupts as well? This is even more cruel to the multitasking
environment than forbid()/permit(), but otherwise the CPU still spends time
in the interrupt handlers. Just use something like this:

.
.
void main(void){
  Disable();
  /* Do benchmark... */
  Enable();
}


	Kristian

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