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echo: os2prog
to: Peter Fitzsimmons
from: Phil Crown
date: 1997-02-22 01:22:12
subject: code and data

-=> Quoting Peter Fitzsimmons to Phil Crown <=-



 PC> My question is:  Does the code have its own copy too, or will I need to

 PC> serialize calls to the the methods of the classes?



 PF> There is only one copy of the code -- but you DON'T have to serialize

 PF> calls to it.  Code is "read only",  so there are no worries. 

 PF> You only have to worry about data that has "extra-thread" scope.



OK, thanks.



I was wondering if having the code in each item in the list is using

more memory than if the code was not in the list, but since its a class

its easier to keep the code and data togather.



What is "extra-thread" scope?



Phil Crown  pcrown{at}airmail.net  http://web2.airmail.net/pcrown/



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