Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ingr!jones From: jones@ingr.UUCP (Mark Jones) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: IEEE libraries Summary: Good Idea Keywords: IEEE Message-ID: <2519@ingr.UUCP> Date: 8 Sep 88 16:57:15 GMT References: <1356@percival.UUCP> <358@boing.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: Intergraph Corp. Huntsville, Al Lines: 21 > > A more complex change would be the ieee library keeping a table of > what tasks have opened the library. It could then keep a global count > in the standard place, and when an individual task closes, make sure > it is not doing something bad. It could then at least insure the > correctness of master opencount. > This would be a very good Idea, It could be put in OpenLibrary, and CloseLibary and be a way to prevent opening or closing the library more than once from one program. Also, when a task craps out, the library lists could be scanned and the libraries closed accordingly. This would give the Amiga a more robust interface to keep bad programs from making the hardware look bad. While were at this list keeping business, how about tracking memory allocations, and deallocating the blocks when the run is over? I know this might add some overhead to allocations and frees, but I think it would be worth it. Mark Jones Isn't it great that opinions are FREE!