Chris January wrote:
>
> > > Is '!' invalid? It can easily be confused with '|'.
> >
> > Maybe ':' ?
> >
> > > I am bothered that the code uses 0 as an illegal
> > > handle value. Is that really the case?
> >
> > No.
> > /usr/include/w32api/winbase.h:232:#define INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE
> > (HANDLE)(-1)
> It's not quite as simple as that...
> Although CreateFile will return INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE when an error occurs,
> other Win32 functions will return NULL instead. The only way to tell is to
> read the SDK docs.
>
So, it's the standard consistency of inconsistency. :)
Earnie.
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