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From: gross@umiami.ir.miami.edu (Mondo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Linked Lists: Handles or Pointers?
Message-ID: <1991Jan23.002212.7648@umiami.ir.miami.edu>
Date: 23 Jan 91 05:22:11 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Miami - Info Resources
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Okay folks, here's yer big chance to solve a silly little argument for
three of us novice Mac programmers.

If you want to create a linked list, do you have to:

	a) Use a handle to the head node only and use pointers 
           for the rest of the list (Problem we see: the Memory
           Manager will compact the heap and make all those ptrs invalid.)

					or

	b) Use linked handles for every node in the list.

Please help us.  Thanks.

-- 
Jason Gross     Comp Sci Ugrad     University of Miami     Class of '91 (?)
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