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- From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: FindTask() VERY IMPORTANT
- Date: 13 Mar 1996 19:39:39 +0100
- Organization: dis-
- Message-ID: <4i74pb$b4f@serpens.rhein.de>
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- marcone@xs1.xs4all.nl (Marco Nelissen) writes:
-
- >NEWSFLASH: SysBase->ThisTask is not a cool hack. It's documented
- >as being readable, and thus we are (were) allowed to use it.
- >It's got nothing to do with hacking, get off your high horse...
-
- I can only repeat myself:
-
- If there is a system function for a task then use it instead of peeking
- data structures.
-
- This has a reason as the function interface allows to change the data
- structures, it also allows access policies. Is it too difficult to
- grasp for you ?
-
- Peeking ThisTask serves only two purposes: to spare the few cycles for
- the function call at the cost of compatibility and to show how c00l you
- are because you know what the system does. Is it that what you want ?
-
- --
- Michael van Elst
-
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