Re: signedness/WINAPI changing question

[Michael Stefaniuc]

Joris Huizer wrote:
> I have a small question:
>
> I find some function
>   LONG WINAPI AVIStreamSampleToTime(PAVISTREAM
> pstream, LONG lSample)
> (in the avifil32 dll), the second parameter should
> really be an ULONG instead of a LONG. It'd fix the
> signedness problems.
>
> My question is, is such a change allowed?

If it is a official WinAPI you have to conform to what Windows has
there. If it is an internal function you can change it.
> And what should I do to update for such a change
> (except for the header gcc warns about)
>
> In case such change must not be performed, I'll just
> add a local variable which is a casted version.
> I thought this needs asking; adding in unnecessary
> variables doesn't seem the best fix to me.

bye
    michael