Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
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From: giguere@csg.waterloo.edu (Eric Giguere)
Subject: Changes MS should make to the windows.h file
Message-ID: <1991Jan26.010935.4400@maytag.waterloo.edu>
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Organization: Computer Systems Group, University of Waterloo
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Date: Sat, 26 Jan 91 01:09:35 GMT
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1) Put in something similar to:

      #ifndef WINDOWS_H_INCLUDED
      #define WINDOWS_H_INCLUDED

         blah blah blah

      #endif /* WINDOWS_H_INCLUDED */

   Right now I kludge it by testing for the PASCAL macro.

2) Replace the line:

      WORD NEAR * PASCAL pLocalHeap;

   with the proper ANSI form:

      extern WORD NEAR * PASCAL pLocalHeap;

   since ANSI compliant compilers define storage for the first.
   Or at least put in something like this:

      #if defined ( _MSC_VER ) /* Microsoft C */
          WORD NEAR * PASCAL pLocalHeap;
      #else /* Watcom C */
          extern WORD NEAR * PASCAL pLocalHeap;
      #endif

3) Make it smaller/split it up.  Probably a pipe dream here.

Anything else we should all be aware about...?

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Eric Giguere                                       giguere@csg.UWaterloo.CA
           Quoth the raven: "Eat my shorts!" --- Poe & Groening