DragonFly kernel List (threaded) for 2003-07
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Re: just curious
Peter da Silva <peter-200306@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Gunther Nikl wrote:
>> In which way are the messages changed? Do you refer to ln_Type or some
>> private data in an extended message?
>
> As I understand it the Dragonfly API allows for a message port to have any
> Send() function it wants, so for intra-address-space calls there's no reason
> to do anything but call the remote method directly or change a couple of
> pointers to put the message on a queue and return EASYNC. That means you
> could change the message (for example, adding more elements to a list)
> before it's actually read.
And such things happened with messages on AmigaOS? I fail to see any
benefit in doing so.
Gunther
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