From: DavMac AT iname DOT com (Davin McCall)
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Subject: Re: Weird pointer!
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 04:17:53 GMT
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It's difficult to say without seeing the assembly code for the flip
function. Presumably there is something wrong with it.

>What happens to the pointer when entering the asm function?
>Will nearpointers be disabled as soon as I make a function call?

Nothing, normally: all arguments are placed on the stack as usual.
Nearpointers will not be disabled.

Davin.


On Thu, 02 Sep 1999 14:28:11 +0200, Anders David Skarin
<hobbit AT swipnet DOT se> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I'm having trouble with my vesa routines. I had it 
>all working fine, with some fast asm flip functions.
>But trying it on a second computer I found out it was
>pure luck. So now I tried a new approach, but somehow
>my asm routines won't work anymore.


>Thanks to anyone that has any info on the subject and is kind enough
>to share it with a desperate coder.

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