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Tracker Add-on Construction Kit

Version: 0.60 By: Peter Hinely E-mail: phinely@hawaii.edu Web page: Available Release Date: Available Now	Info Last Modified: 9/15/98 Requires BeOS version: R4 PPC, R3 PPC, R3 Intel License: Freeware Cost: 0 Source Available?: Yes
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Summary
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Tracker Add-on Construction Kit (TACK) allows BeOS developers to move the 
functionality of their Tracker add-on to a separate application, thereby 
protecting the stability of the Tracker from bugs in their add-ons.

Rationale
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Tracker add-ons are tremendously handy, but they can be dangerous to the health 
of our dear friend Mr. Tracker.  The reason for this is that when a Tracker add
-on is invoked, it is run in the address space of the Tracker.  Thus a Tracker 
add-on that contains bugs can cause corruption in Tracker's "mental" state.  
This makes the Tracker susceptible to memory leaks, pointer mis-manipulation, and 
any other bug in the add-on.  Fortunately, there is an easy workaround:  By 
migrating the functionality of the Tracker add-on to a separate application, the 
stability of Tracker is not jepardized by bugs in the add-on.  TACK implements 
this idea of migrating the functionality of the Tracker add-on to a separate 
application.