Re: what is 0xFFFFFFF ?
In article <yRUth.4253$JB. 2962@trnddc05>,
Yevgen Muntyan <muntyan.remove this@tamu.eduwr ote:
If you say so. A "handle" can be various things in a computer
program: sometimes it's a pointer, sometimes it's not. But "infinity"
is not a sensible name for a pointer. It's reasonable to assume that
it isn't one.
-- Richard
--
"Considerat ion shall be given to the need for as many as 32 characters
in some alphabets" - X3.4, 1963.
In article <yRUth.4253$JB. 2962@trnddc05>,
Yevgen Muntyan <muntyan.remove this@tamu.eduwr ote:
>>Since the OP didn't present any code other than the #define, we (I)
>>have no way of knowing what the code that uses the macro looks like.
>>have no way of knowing what the code that uses the macro looks like.
>Except for common sense.
>Real code:
>
>#define G_WIN32_MSG_HAN DLE 19981206
>
>"HANDLE" there means "Windows HANDLE thing", a pointer.
>
>#define G_WIN32_MSG_HAN DLE 19981206
>
>"HANDLE" there means "Windows HANDLE thing", a pointer.
program: sometimes it's a pointer, sometimes it's not. But "infinity"
is not a sensible name for a pointer. It's reasonable to assume that
it isn't one.
-- Richard
--
"Considerat ion shall be given to the need for as many as 32 characters
in some alphabets" - X3.4, 1963.
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