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Re: [MiNT] Current beta problems - solved



On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Lonny Pursell wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Aug 1999 14:07:07 +1200, Mario Becroft wrote:
> 
> >I don't see that there is any way MiNT can know whether the program is
> >relying on the values in those registers or not...
> 
> I think what kellis was trying to say was this.  The kernal could help
> by noting the values of these registers prior to such a call and then
> check the values after the call to see if they have indeed changed.  If they
> changed it could issue some debug message depending on the debug level.
> Perhaps saying... "Process blah might be relying on registers blah..."
> Might slow things down perhaps so this test could only be applied if the debug
> level is high enough.

I couldn't have said it any better.
That's perfectly what i meant. (I warned you the post might not come out
as clear as it should have) 
Thanks Lonny..