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> It's just a prim, ie a function somewhere.
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> I'm proposing that we name all those prims that are currently  
> numbered - primitive 1 would become "primitiveAdd" in a similar  
> manner to say "primitiveDisablePowerManager".  This would allow all  
> prims to be built as plugin components, thereby allowing on the fly  
> replacement of those plugins (making due allowance for handling  
> retained state etc, of course). (It's sometihng I've been wanting to  
> see done since 1988; I had discussions with Alan Schiffman & Peter  
> Deutsch about it way before I even move to ParcPlace). We would lose  
> the primitive table, saving a 8 kb or so. Oh and the *really*  
> obsoleteIndexPrimitiveTable, saving another 8Kb or so.

So do it.

Stef
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> Some code gets simplified, some space is saved, some flexibility is  
> added, some bits are freed up in the CM header. THe downside is  
> someone has to do some work.
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> tim
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> Advanced design: Upper management doesn't understand it.
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