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- Subject: Re: Are you destroyed yet?
- Organization: University of Maine System
- Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
- References: <9207270032.AA03102@hyundai.unisql>
- Message-ID: <MICHAEL.920727101708@maine.maine.EDU>
- From: michael@maine.maine.edu (Michael Johnson)
- To: NETNEWS@MAINE
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 10:17:08 EDT
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- In article <9207270032.AA03102@hyundai.unisql> kk@unisql.UUCP (Kerry Kimbrough)
- writes:
- >What's the politically correct way of determining if a widget is in the
- >process of being destroyed? Testing core.being_destroyed seems to be the
- >only way, but isn't this really an illicit peek under the rug?
-
- No, there's nothing illicit about it. core.being_destroyed is a documented part
- of the Intrinsics, always guaranteed to be there, and to be used in the
- specified fashion. It's no more or less illicit that using, for example, the
- core.visible field.
-
- Michael Johnson, VM Systems Group michael@maine.maine.edu
- "I will choose the path that's clear. I will choose Free Will." -- Neil Peart
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