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echo: os2prog
to: Stacy Smith
from: Eric Erickson
date: 1994-07-25 15:53:00
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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