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  3. March 2003

Re: MI Entry Points

> If the external entry point is first the code works fine.  Is there some
> API option I missed which protects one from calling externally an
> INTernal entry point?
> 

I think so, and it must be so. The return from an INTernal entry point is
via an instruction pointer, while the return from an EXTernal entry point
is via the RTX instruction. Only the latter returns to a different program
on the invocation stack. Now, there is nothing that technically prohibits
doing what you want and it might be a wonderful thing to have, but the
architecture forbids it. As well as security considerations.

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