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From: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Straightforward examples sought
Message-ID: <4843@well.UUCP>
Date: 25 Dec 87 00:47:56 GMT
References: <4312@garfield.UUCP>
Reply-To: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab)
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In article <4312@garfield.UUCP> john13@garfield.UUCP (John Russell) writes:
>I'm looking for illustrative examples in source code on a couple of topics.
>
>First is list creation/handling using the Exec functions. Is it just me or are
>these terribly documented? The reference I use (Amiga Programmer's Handbook)
>doesn't mention the NewList() function and neither it nor the RKM is very
>helpful about what has to be initialized manually and what the system will
>do for you. 
>
	NewList() is (I'm 99.44% sure) provided in the Exec support library,
which gets linked to your program.  It works like this:
--------
foo ()
{
	struct List	list;

	NewList (&list);
}
--------
	Ta da!

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