Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 11:51:50 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
cc: Ed Freeberg <barnew AT worldnet DOT att DOT net>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: protected mode
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On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, Nate Eldredge wrote:

> Unfortunately, there's no `_farmemset'... grr. So what you have is fine.
> [Suggestion: Could one be added? I'll write it :)]

It is probably a good idea to add the whole slew of `_fmemXXX' and
`_fstrXXX' functions, not only `_fmemset' (things like `_fmemcpy' and
`_fstrlen', for example).

It is not clear to me whether they should assume _dos_ds or allow a
selector as well.  Compatibility seems to suggest the former, but far
pointers have an entirely different meaning in DJGPP, so I'm not sure
compatibility applies here (it might even confuse people and cause
bugs).