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From: singer@endor.harvard.edu (Rich Siegel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Control Panel Bug?
Message-ID: <3670@husc6.harvard.edu>
Date: 28 Dec 87 14:16:08 GMT
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In article <9948@ut-sally.UUCP> brian@ut-sally.UUCP (Brian H. Powell) writes:
>	SetCursor(*watch_cursor_hdl);   /* in C */
>
>     But what if the cursor relocates while the watch is being displayed?  I
>guess the question is, "Does SetCursor make a copy of the cursor and use that,
>or does it use the actual cursor that it's given?"  If it's the latter, I'll
>have to copy the cursor into a non-relocatable block of memory and use it
>there.  What a waste.
>
	Strictly speaking, this could (and probably will) break in the future,
sometime, but for now it's probably safe. If I had to guess I'd say that 
SetCursor will copy the cursor and use CopyBits to stamp its image on
the screen.

Some offical commentary might be useful here.

	--Rich
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