In a message of   If you want to use this technique, then I recommend that either 
 DT> you totally understand all the resources required for *ANY* API's you 
 DT> call while within a critsec, or you don't call any API's at all while 
 DT> within the critical section.

 >You're being too easy on him Denis.

 >DosEnterCritSec() should not be used. Period.  Only lazy programmers use 
 >it,  usually because they don't really understand how os/2 works (and 
 >certainly don't understand SMP); they are bound to write crappy 
 >software.

  Well, I have used DosEnterCritSec when I had to call a time-critical
communications routine in order to prevent timeouts (Communicating with weird PLC's).
  I needed to be sure that when I went into that routine, everything else
stopped until it was completed.  It WAS designed to be as quick as possible.
  I don't think I'm being lazy... I just wanted to point out that I think
that there are legitimate uses for DosEnterCritSec.

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