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From: dix@clinet.fi (Risto Kaivola)
Newsgroups: aus.computers.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Where is MakeID() defined? iff.h??
Message-ID: <1991May17.191647.20537@clinet.fi>
Date: 17 May 91 19:16:47 GMT
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[ Query on the location of the definition for MakeID() deleted ]
 
I don't know whether this is in fact in some include file, but here
is a definition I have found. MakeID() is not a function but a macro.
It's purpose is to build long word identifiers for IFF chunks.
The following definition is from "Amiga Rom Kernel Reference Manual -
Includes & Autodocs (revised and updated)", for KS 1.3, appendix A:
[
/* ID typedef and builder for 68000 Lattice C. */
typedef LONG ID;    /* 4 chars in ' ' through '~' */
#define MakeID(a,b,c,d)  (  (a)<<24 |  (b)<<16 | (c)<<8 | (d) )
]
I hope this is of some help to you.

Risto
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