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Date: Tue, 21 Dec 93 10:28:25 EST
From: peprbv AT cfa0 DOT harvard DOT edu (Bob Babcock)
To: arnaiz AT redvax1 DOT dgsca DOT unam DOT mx
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: critical error routine

> Maybe I am over looking something, but while reading your handler,
> it surprised me that you didn't check the return code from
> _go32_dpmi_allocate_dos_memory(). Suppose that all conventional
> memory is allocated, so you don't get the space you ask for.

Yes, I suppose I should.  I'm probably in trouble anyway if real memory is so
tight that I can't get 16 bytes, but better to die cleanly.

> I also sugest the use of sizeof() when calling dosmemput(). Then you
> can modify the handler array without having to touch the arguments
> to dosmemput:

Good point.

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