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From: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 15:49:26 +0000
Subject: Re: (remove) event not supported.
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On Sat, 31 Mar 2001 07:02:42 -0800, 
David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net> wrote:
>I'd hate to change the semantics of the "use" count (which is really
>used as "open" count)

No, the module use count is a reference count on the module, not an
open count.  It correlates with the open count for many modules because
it is usually incremented in the open() routine, but it can be
incremented in any module function.  Any code assuming that mod use
count is the same as open files is broken.


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