Re: A86: Attention! Module Draft Available


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Re: A86: Attention! Module Draft Available



On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, B. Nagel wrote:

> > >  Line calls FindPixel.  PutSprite calls FindPixel.  Circle calls FindPixel
> > >  and possibly Fill.  Polygon calls Line and possibly Fill.  Fill calls
> > >  FindPixel.
> > >
> > 
> > So you propose that this lib would have FindPixel, PutSprite, Line, Fill,
> > Polygon, Circle, etc...?   Don't you think that that is a little too much
> > space usage if all you want is FindPixel?
> > 
> > ~Steve
> 
> Exactly!  Thats why libs didnt work out on the 85 and they wont work out
> on the 86.
> Too many useless function in a lib.


If FindPixel is the only routine a program needs, then the loader will
only load FindPixel, not the entire library.

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Dan Eble (mailto:eble@cis.ohio-state.edu)
         (http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~eble)


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