On 05/27/2012 05:08 PM, Juan Lang wrote:
<snip> Basically, if the function is available on all versions of Windows that the test bot runs on, use func. If it's not available on some versions, and you need to test whether it's available to avoid a non-running test, use pFunc instead.
Regarding the history, a lot of the usage of pFunc in the tests is for Windows 95/98/ME, which we no longer test on, so their continued use is "legacy." That's not true in all cases, e.g. often a function wasn't available in Windows NT 4.0 either.
So my plan is to submit my test to the WineTestBot and see if some Windows version complain.
FYI, I've read [1] from [2] and the content seems to be a bit outdated / not complete. Documenting is not funniest part but would also help GSoC people.
Anyway, thanks for the explanation and the historical part, it makes sense now. --- [1] : http://www.winehq.org/docs/winedev-guide/testing [2] : http://wiki.winehq.org/ConformanceTests