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From: haitex@pnet01.cts.com (Wade Bickel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Having your cake (Re: Address Space on the Amiga (was Re: Need info on exceptions))
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Date: 4 Sep 88 10:18:57 GMT
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jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) writes:
>	Here's the killer:  the default of MEMF_PRIVATE will kill 
>innumerable programs, including most of the current RKM example programs.
>There may have to be a (NEWSTYLE/OLDSTYLE) flag on a pre-process basis 
>to set the default for the process.
>

        Is it possible to define a new mem class?  MEMF_LOCAL for example?
Then we could treat MEMF_PRIVATE as MEMF_PUBLIC and future programs would
be safe.

                                                Wade.

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