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Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 10:52:10 -0700
From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>
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On Sat, Aug 02, 2003 at 01:53:31AM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote:
> Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> > But if we only use the dynamic allocation then it can only fail for
> > a combination of 3rd party code.
> 
> You meant to say static here, e.g. when there are two libraries
> linked into a single aplication, and both libraries want to get
> entry #6, right?

Yes. My wording was incomplete.

> In the dynamic case, this will Just Work(tm), because each one
> will end up getting a different value.

Correct.

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 Marcel Moolenaar	  USPA: A-39004		 marcel@xcllnt.net