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| subject: | Thunking, I Think... |
SS> Can I ask a stupid question as a newbie to OS/2 programming? (Gee, maybe
SS> I should buy a book ). What is "thunking"? I've
programmed for DOS
SS> for quite awhile, but never heard the term until I started reading this
SS> area...thanks!
Thunking is the process of taking a thunk. :->
No thunking is the process of converting between 16:16
(selector:offset) and 32 bit flat pointers. This is required under OS/2
2.x since some function calls want 16 Bit Pointers and others need 32
bit.
cheers,
Eric Erickson
Elvish Software Foundry - Internet - drowelf{at}vnet.net ; IbmLink -
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