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From: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann)
Message-Id: <9610282106.AA15711@clio.rice.edu>
Subject: Re: function _exit() and about dbgcom.c
To: billc AT blackmagic DOT tait DOT co DOT nz (Bill Currie)
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 15:06:56 -0600 (CST)
Cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
In-Reply-To: <3275D36A.15D7@blackmagic.tait.co.nz> from "Bill Currie" at Oct 29, 96 09:50:34 am

> err, why not create a REAL PSP? Easy enough (debug.com does it).  Sure it means swapping psp's 
> when going to/from debuggee, but it might cause less hassles in the long run?

When I wrote the debug stuff, there was no undocumented feature usage in DJGPP,
thus no problems with the pseudo PSP (used for command line passage only).
Since DPMI providers mess with the PSP themselves, you are asking for trouble.
This is part of the reason the debuggers originally had a one pass design.

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