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Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 13:30:31 -0300
From: Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: displaying a bmp
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Aug 1998, Endlisnis wrote:
>
> > Bjorn Hansen wrote:
> >
> > > void set_mode(int mode)
> > >      {
> > >      __dpmi_regs r;
> > >      r.x.ax = mode;
> > >      __dpmi_int(0x10, &r);
> > >      };
> > >
> > 1]    Your set_mode function should have a line like:
> >       memset(&r, 0, sizeof(r));
> >       or you might get unexpected (and undesired) results occationally.
>
> This is incorrect.  __dpmi_int itself zeroes out the members of
> __dpmi_regs structure which need that, so the application doesn't have
> to.

     I stand corrected.  I mis-understood the section of the FAQ that covered
this.  I re-read it and now it makes sence.
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