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From: amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: How read by line from file?
Message-ID: <1990Feb7.151225.3117@intercon.com>
Date: 7 Feb 90 15:12:25 GMT
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In article <1990Feb6.201847.446@santra.uucp>, jmunkki@kampi.hut.fi (Juri
Munkki) writes:
> Using a parameter block for reading a file isn't actually any harder than
> using FSRead.

It also seems to be much faster.  Since FSRead is a RAM-based routine (not an
actual toolbox routine), one wonders why it isn't just a call to PBRead,
using a parameter block sitting on the stack...

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Amanda Walker
InterCon Systems Corporation

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