Re: [PATCH] winmm: Don't mask out SND_ALIAS_ID or SND_FILENAME in sndPlaySound

[Dmitry Timoshkov]

Andrew Eikum  wrote:
> > > - br = sndPlaySoundA((LPCSTR)SND_ALIAS_SYSTEMASTERISK, SND_ALIAS_ID|SND_SYNC);
> > > - ok(br == TRUE || br == FALSE, "sndPlaySound gave strange return: %u\n", br);
> >
> > This kind of test is broken.
>
> Care to elaborate? Being this terse helps no one.

What is this code testing the return value for? Why are there all these casts?