On Monday, 9 September 2013 at 01:25:00 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
On 9/9/2013 8:52 AM, Stewart Gordon wrote:
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> What do people think we should do?
>
Eliminate declare handle and alias all HANDLE types to void*.
I think this is the lazy and shortsighted answer. Even the
official Windows headers have a strict typing mode (the STRICT
define), which is recommended for new applications:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa383731(v=vs.85).aspx
Most code would benefit from additional compile-time checks, as
the number of places where a cast is required is small. Stewart
is attempting to reduce this number even further by defining a
handle type hierarchy, something which isn't possible in C but
might be possible in D.
