>Mars: > >Thank you. That was my understanding as well. > >But, considering this thread, it appears that memory, pointers and handles >still have mystery and uncertainly associated with them. > >tedd Ow! that hurt! I bow to mars. (but I still believe that the overhead that comes from locking handles is negligable compared to the hurt that can come from memory skipping from under me - and I want my FNs to be as cut'n'paste as possible - so i'll stick with belts _and_ braces (don't know what that is in US english, but i imagine folks'll get the gist of things)). jonathan ------------------------------------------------------------- ! "format utile" studio de graphisme/graphic design studio ! ! 32 bd de Menilmontant, 75020 Paris, France ! ! phone +33 1 43 49 02 04 +++ fax +33 1 43 49 16 51 ! ------------------------------------------------------------- *** coming soon to a browser near you *** <http://www.cybercities.com/formatutile> -------------------------------------------------------------