right

The deadly embrace occurs when using the uses libaryName enduses and not 
specifying each method.
I think (only) in Paradox 7 or 9 16bit and also when compiling source.  The 
library you are compiling can't as it references the other library which 
references itself and you get a compile error.


and wow, I found my original thread on this in this newsgroup from 
2/12/2002.

"Tom Krieg" <"Please use the website contact form"> wrote in message 
news:4ff4460c$1@pnews.thedbcommunity.com...
> This is my understanding. In one large application I have about 40 
> libraries with hundreds of methods, and about 200 forms, each calling 
> libraries and their associated methods as required. I share dozens of 
> variables and probably a dozen dynArrays (some quite large) as well as 
> numerous TCursors between forms and libraries and between libraries. I've 
> never had a problem with memory caused by mis-use of libraries and I've 
> never had a deadly embrace.
>
> On 4/07/2012 4:46 PM, Kevin Zawicki wrote:
>> Right, global to desk top is default
>>
>> but if I open a library on a form init, then open another form that opens
>> the same library the library file is not loaded again a second time, 
>> doesn't
>> the second open just create a channel to the already open library?
>>
>> This is what I do not understand...  if libraries are global to desktop
>> (this is the default) a single library is never opened more than once, 
>> the
>> second open will not load another into memory.
>>
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