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int opstart(string message)
Inform mantra about the start of a long operation (operation start). The string argument is passed to mantra and may be displayed in the IPR viewer.
The function will return a non-negative integer when successfully started.
The integer returned should be passed to opend()
at the completion of the long operation.
int started = opstart("Performing long operation"); perform_long_operation(); if (started >= 0) opend(started);
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