Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!pilchuck!dataio!bright
From: bright@Data-IO.COM (Walter Bright)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: C++ handle on Zortech and Glockenspiel
Message-ID: <2723@dataio.Data-IO.COM>
Date: 19 Sep 90 18:27:59 GMT
References: <1990Sep18.185153.640@efi.com>
Organization: Data I/O Corporation; Redmond, WA
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In article <1990Sep18.185153.640@efi.com> chiu@efi.com (Chan Chiu) writes:
<Can anyone with experiences on Zortec and Glockenspiel explain how
<"handle" works in C++ class in Zortech and CommonView libraries ?

In Zortech C++, it works just as it works in C, i.e. it requires explicit
handling.

<In particular, I like ti know if handle in those two libraries
<require "explicit" dereference. Or, do all handle-based object
<derived from a "handle-class" which overloads dereferncing so I 
<don't have to worry about (i.e. transparent to developers). 

Sorry, but no.

<In nutshell, I want to avoid, in my C++ program, derefernce a
<handle to a pointer.

Actually, there is good news. With Win3, you can pretty much forget about
using handle memory anyway. This restricts you to standard or enhanced mode.
But are you really developing applications for XTs?