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From: hamilton@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: ID-handler - unique-number generato
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Date: Mon, 15-Jun-87 16:47:00 EDT
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qix@ihlpa says:
> Since process IDs (being MsgPort addresses) are not necessarily
> unique on the Amiga, another method was needed for generating
> unique numbers.

    just curious; what situation did you envision in which process
id's would not be unique enough?  the fact that a process id does
point to a MsgPort doesn't in itself make it less unique; it still
points "at" a Process struct, of which there is still only one per
process, and one process per struct.  if you need uniqueness for
multiple names _within_ a process, you wouldn't rely on process id
alone anyway.

	wayne hamilton
	U of Il and US Army Corps of Engineers CERL
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