Eddy L O Jansson wrote: 
 ELOJ> Have you actually found a file which needed multiple patches? As
 ELOJ> we're patching the CRT-initcode that would be kind of strange...
 ELOJ> Multiple occurences would indicate redundant code _OR_ an unsafe
 ELOJ> searchstring.
 
 KF> And you would want to handle redundant code properly, wouldn't you?
 ELOJ> Actually, no. I haven't done any real research, but my intuition and
 ELOJ> experience tells me that the CRT.init-code (which is the one we want
 ELOJ> to patch) is very likely to be located at the top of the file, and
 ELOJ> thus it seems most probable that the first occurence is the only one
 ELOJ> you want to patch.
 
 KF> It's still capable of executing, after all.
 ELOJ> I assume you don't 'speak' assembly, because your statement is quite
 ELOJ> irrelevant. Study the searchstring and the context in which it
 ELOJ> operates and you should get it.
Well then, forgive me for not understanding, but what exactly does that
string of machine code do that would only make a difference in that one
place and wouldn't matter anywhere else? And how can you be sure that
the Crt unit will always be linked in first?
  Kim Forwood
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