OSLib 6.70 released

[Tony van der Hoff]

Erik Groenhuis <e.groenhuis at xs4all.nl> wrote in message
<2251cddb4c.root at hop2.xs4all.nl>

> On 3 Aug 2004 Tony van der Hoff wrote:
> 
> > Tony van der Hoff <tony at mk-net.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> > <gemini.i1vcdx04b8zpc02j6.tony at mk-net.demon.co.uk>
> > 
> > Well, ISTM that event_poll(_idle) just call Wimp_Poll(_idle), passing on
the
> > parameters.
> 
> It does so in OSLibSupport. It does not in Acorn toolbox library.
> 
They do actually come from the same root... ;-)

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> 
> From this I can deduce that you have never actually used the Acorn
> toolbox library.
> 
Not for a *very* long time - I beta-tested it for Acorn - must have been in
the 80's ;-). 

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> 
> - When the second parameter, poll_block, is NULL, a private block on
> the stack is passed to Wimp_Poll.
>
Fair enough. I have no fundamental objection to doing this, although I
personally can't really see much point in calling Wimp-Poll, and then
discarding the poll block.
 
> - The first parameter, event_code, is tested before the event number is
> written. The value is only written if event_code is non-NULL. (This of
> course a precaution well-known to OSLib users and makers.)
> 
Yep, that makes sense.

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Tony van der Hoff
Buckinghamshire England