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From: lsr@Apple.com (Larry Rosenstein)
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Subject: Re: HLock Function List
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Date: 21 Feb 91 03:21:08 GMT
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In article <6484@skye.cs.ed.ac.uk>, nick@cs.edinburgh.ac.uk (Nick Rothwell) writes:
> 
> I'm not sure the list is that useful, especially when you start running
> INITs which patch otherwise memory-safe traps.

If an INIT patches a trap, then it must follow the behavior of the trap it's 
patching, which includes whether or not it moves memory (as well as register
usages, etc.).  A patch to SetRect that moves memory will break a lot of code.

Larry