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From: bmacintyre@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Blair MacIntyre)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Shared library creation question
Message-ID: <9736@watcgl.waterloo.edu>
Date: 16 May 89 18:31:17 GMT
References: <9698@watcgl.waterloo.edu> <6883@cbmvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: bmacintyre@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Blair MacIntyre)
Organization: UofW Computer Graphics Lab
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In article <6883@cbmvax.UUCP> thomas@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Thomas QA) writes:
>You should probably avoid making most compiler library calls (unless you
>have source and can check to see what they are doing).  They often use
>global variables which will cause problems if multiple tasks use the
>library.


Ok, I'll look at that ... I'm using a few Manx lib calls.  Can't 
remember which, though, of hand.

  
>> Anybody have any pointers about where I can start looking?  
>
>"Pointers" is exactly right :-)
>I haven't done Manx in a while, but I think that you are having 
>addressability problems.  If you use any global variables or use any
>compiler provided link library routines, you may need to put a call
>to geta4() in the front of your routines.  You should also disable
>any stack checking code.

I'm using Edwin Hoogerbeets MKLIB as a basis and it provides it's own
geta4() and uses it each time.  It also has it's own .begin label
and one other label that overrides one in c.lib ( I can't remember
which one )

I will check this out.  I hope no important routines are unusable ...
that would be such a pain!
:-)


Thanks,

	Blair
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