Re: [AD] clipping without locking?

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Subject: Re: [AD] clipping without locking?
From: Chris <chris.kcat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 17:42:16 -0800
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Elias Pschernig wrote:

But now, what if the timer thread is switched out just before draw, as
indicated above, and the main thread modifies the clipping of the
screen. Wouldn't this cause a crash? Am I overlooking something?

I don't think it'd cause a crash since it's just modifying integers, butyou'd get eratic/undefined behavior.

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