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From: jwhitnel@csib.UUCP (Jerry Whitnell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: turning off the stack sniffer (long)
Message-ID: <1138@csib.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 7-Jul-87 13:27:55 EDT
Article-I.D.: csib.1138
Posted: Tue Jul  7 13:27:55 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 11-Jul-87 02:50:20 EDT
References: <1289@briar.Philips.Com> <135@cantuar.UUCP>
Reply-To: jwhitnel@csib.UUCP (Jerry Whitnell)
Organization: Communications Solutions Inc., San Jose, Ca
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Keywords: stack 60 Hz multitasking HeapEnd trap dispatcher dirty illegal

In article <135@cantuar.UUCP> james@cantuar.UUCP (J. Collier) writes:
>Paul Rutter (per@philabs.Philips.Com) writes:
>>When playing with "multi-tasking", it is useful to be able to move the stack
>>pointer to one of several stack areas.  The "stack sniffer" routine checks
>>whether the stack overlaps the heap during every tick, and bombs if it does.
>>
>>How do I disable the stack sniffer? 

I've not tried this but I've heard that if you store a 0 in StackLowPt (sp?
my Inside Mac is at home), it disables the stack sniffer.  I think Scott
Knaster's book mentions it in his discription of launching a program

Jerry Whitnell
Communication Solutions, Inc.