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Re: IsAstack ( )

Robert Brenstein
Wed, 04 Jul 2007 05:07:11 -0700

On 02/07/07, Brian Yennie <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Reading from a file should be perfectly safe even if it is in use -
writing is the dangerous one.


True - but I see no advantage over using the built in exists() function and removing the stack from memory afterwards - it is not subject to file format changes, detects if a stack is corrupt and I doubt is any slower?


Unless it is a really big stack and/or has lots of substacks.
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