Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 09:29:31 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Tom Fjellstrom <tomcf AT connect DOT ab DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: Plague of the slow 'blit' routine :)
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On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Tom Fjellstrom wrote:

> Because I want to call the same routine on any bitmap whether or not
> it's a regular bitmap, the screen, or a sub bitmap of the screen.

I'm not sure this is worth your while.  Accessing video memory is
fundamentally different from accessing a normal buffer.  I suggest to
define two different functions, perhaps sharing some subroutines.