Re: [AD] First batch of doc changes

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On 2005-06-06, Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz <gradha@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I didn't close the packfile too, maybe the user would have a use
> reading a few bitmaps sequentially from the same file? Is this
> possible at all?

Sometimes, but it's a bad idea without a chunking system to delineate
where one bitmap stops and the next starts.  Loaders can often try to
read past the end of the file, or stop reading prematurely.

Peter

PS. "Indentation"





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