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From: time@ice.com (Tim Endres)
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Subject: Re: newD() function for ThinkC
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Date: 27 Jun 91 16:12:39 GMT
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In article <5149@lib.tmc.edu>, jsorenso@thesis1.med.uth.tmc.edu (JEFFREY MARIUS SORENSON) writes:
> the class.  But how do I get to it?  How does Symantec do it? (with their
> new() function, one passes the class name as a pointer to void).
> Has anyone been able to write a newD() function?  If so, I would appreciate
> any tips.  If it is for some reason impossible, I would like to know that too
> so I can give it up.  I'm curious about why Symantec didn't provide a newD()
> function.  I'm guessing that either they thought it would be easy enought for
> me to implement myself, or that there is something about using a pointer instead
> of a handle that makes it too difficult/impossible. Any clues?

you can bet your life that the pointer to the class points to the
data you need. Follow this pointer in some assembler for a while and
you should be able to figure it out.

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