[comp.binaries.mac] Macintosh Technical Notes - #155: Handles and Pointers--Identity Crisis

macintosh@felix.UUCP (09/17/87)

[Macintosh Technical Notes - #155: Handles and Pointers--Identity Crisis]

A handle is a handle and a pointer is  a  pointer.   Applications
should  avoid  embedding non-relocatable objects (that the system
assumes will never move) in handles.

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