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From: dillon@overload.Berkeley.CA.US (Matthew Dillon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re:  Any restrictions with making programs PURE?
Message-ID: <dillon.6999@overload.Berkeley.CA.US>
Date: 26 Apr 91 21:40:30 GMT
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In article <MWM.91Apr25101433@raven.pa.dec.com> mwm@pa.dec.com (Mike (My Watch Has Windows) Meyer) writes:
>In article <dillon.6937@overload.Berkeley.CA.US> dillon@overload.Berkeley.CA.US (Matthew Dillon) writes:
>	Well, not quite.. with SAS/C you also have to #include <proto/all.h>,
>	but it still isn't much.
>
>That's odd - I never use that file. On the other hand, I also
>habitually use prototypes and pragmas for everything, and that could
>well be the "required modes" I was mumbling about.
>
>	<mike

    What I meant was, if you want to make an Amiga OS call such as
    FindTask() you need the #pragma to be able to make such code
    residentable, thus have to #include the appropriate proto/?.h file.
    Otherwise SAS/C takes the tag from the large-data amiga.lib.

    With DICE you are only required to have prototypes if you use the -mRR
    (registered args) option, NOT if you simply want to make something
    residentable.

    It's not a big issue, but I *have* been forced more than once to
    include a massive amount of include files in SAS/C just to get
    something residentable, which often brings in extern's for library
    base variables which I definitely do NOT want.

				    -Matt

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