hamilton@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu (06/15/87)
qix@ihlpa says: > Since process IDs (being MsgPort addresses) are not necessarily > unique on the Amiga, another method was needed for generating > unique numbers. just curious; what situation did you envision in which process id's would not be unique enough? the fact that a process id does point to a MsgPort doesn't in itself make it less unique; it still points "at" a Process struct, of which there is still only one per process, and one process per struct. if you need uniqueness for multiple names _within_ a process, you wouldn't rely on process id alone anyway. wayne hamilton U of Il and US Army Corps of Engineers CERL UUCP: {ihnp4,seismo,pur-ee,convex}!uiucuxc!hamilton ARPA: hamilton@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu USMail: Box 476, Urbana, IL 61801 CSNET: hamilton%uxc@uiuc.csnet Phone: (217)333-8703 CIS: [73047,544] PLink: w hamilton