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From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David A Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: GetCaretTime
Message-ID: <53395@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 28 May 91 10:10:14 GMT
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In article <1991May23.060838.342@nntp-server.caltech.edu> toddpw@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes:
>[...]
>I believe TaskMaster does not return until its internal call to GetNextEvent
>returns a non-null event the application wishes to see [...]

Actually TaskMaster is perfectly happy to give you a null event.
Each TaskMaster call calls GetNextEvent exactly once or zeronce (once
normally, but zeronce if you set the flag bit saying that you've
already filled in the task record with an event you want it to handle
for you).
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