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From: cmcmanis@stpeter.Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: User Extensions to System Structures
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Date: 4 Jan 90 23:55:03 GMT
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In article UK4H@DKAUNI2.BITNET ("JAE") writes:
> Now: what if two programs (independend ones) want to share, say,
> a window. Both want to link some private information to the
> window.
> Unnecessary? Well, I can't think of an application right now, but
> I'm almost sure there is one.

More than unnecessary, a non-problem. If two independent programs want
to share a single window then they damn well better know what the other
program is doing to the window and putting in the UserData structure.

Now if one independent program wants to "share" the window of another
independent program, where that second independent program has no idea
it is about to be raped ... well your screwed and for good reason.

JAE may not have been thinking about the second case, but a lot of people
seem to. My comment to you is KEEP YOUR SLIMY STRUCTURES OFF MY WINDOW. :-)

If you can come up with some reasonable operations that should be done on
windows, (beyond the currently well defined ones like "go to the front",
"change size", and "change position.") I at least would be glad to here
about them. Some people seem to want a "change your title" function.


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