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From: Njål Fisketjøn <n.f@figu.no>
> Douglas Handy wrote:
> > I think the question was, once that attribute is set, will it
> > auto-extend simply
> > by virtue of writing past the current size using a based
> > structure?  Or would
> > you need to use the API which writes data to a user space?
>
> From the description in the MI Function Reference of the MODS instruction
> I *assume* that the API behaves the same way, and thus lets you
> write past the current size (as long as it's defined as a
> variable length space).
>
> Leif, can you confirm this?
>

yes it will be extended, even if you READ from the space.
Any access will extend if needed. API or no API.
You cannot extend past 16Mb-256, also the extension
may not work if you access the space from one thread and
modify the size of the space in another thread.






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