#Contemplating the void
04-Apr-86 20:50:56
Sb: #13358-#Contemplating the void
Fm: Steve Allen 73277,620
To: Scott Ballantyne 70066,603
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I'm puzzled about <intuition.h>'s tendency to type text as UBYTE in the
first place. If it's always gonna be text, why should it be unsigned? Is
IntuiText.IText ever going to be anything besides text strings? I have the
sneaking suspicion that RJ and company were preparing for a contingency that
won't occur, that is, having text pointers like Intuitext.IText and
Window.Title point to data other than text. In fact, when there is an
ambiguous pointer, f'rinstance, MenuItem.SelectFill, it's typed as APTR.
-Steve