On Friday, 1 February 2019 at 07:35:34 UTC, Kagamin wrote:
It's a strong typed handle, in C it's declared as
#ifdef STRICT
typedef void *HANDLE;
#if 0 && (_MSC_VER > 1000)
#define DECLARE_HANDLE(name) struct name##__; typedef struct
name##__ *name
#else
#define DECLARE_HANDLE(name) struct name##__{int unused;};
typedef struct name##__ *name
#endif
#else
typedef PVOID HANDLE;
#define DECLARE_HANDLE(name) typedef HANDLE name
#endif
Thanks for all answers.
I understand, there was a reason in the past, but now
it is a superfluous construct.
I will create an issue and after that checks whether I can
create a pull request.
Kind regards
André
