From: Groepaz (groepaz_at_gmx.net)
Date: 2003-06-05 17:32:50
On Thursday 05 June 2003 11:21, Ullrich von Bassewitz wrote: > On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 11:33:11PM -0400, Greg King wrote: > > CBM programs are "sticky" (they stay in memory; we can rerun them without > > reloading them). That means that we should avoid static initializers; > > and, programs should restore their environment, as much as possible. > > While I would say that you're right in most cases, I still don't think it > is true for DEVNUM. Since every file operation changes DEVNUM, programs and > utilities for the CBMs do not expect DEVNUM to remain unchanged when a > program is run. And, most C programs cannot be run twice, because static > data has changed. actually quite a bunch of tools DO use devnum to find out about the last used drive.... however the general advice on using these tools is "reset - load - run" too, so no real need for restoring environment :=P gpz ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo_at_musoftware.de with the string "unsubscribe cc65" in the body(!) of the mail.
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