This is more a question of curiosity than a plea for
help:) Why exactly is the resource ID capped at 9999? 

The reason I ask is that I've been attempting to use a
hash function to correlate the string name for a
bitmap (IE: Somefile.bmp ) with a resource ID. The
function I was using could automatically create a
resource file (PiLRC) that mapped the bitmap name to a
particular ID. When I wanted ot manipulate a bitmap on
the device.. I would use the same hash algorithm and
get the ID based on the string.

This somehow seemed nice and super-convienent. One
problem.. Coming up with a hash algorithm that can
work in ~13 bits and still keep the keys mostly unique
is going to be really hard.. It just seems strange
that "all of the good ID's are taken" by the OS:)

Nick

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