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Re: Tool Help definitions in kernel32.def
- To: Earnie Boyd <cygwin-developers at cygwin dot com>
- Subject: Re: Tool Help definitions in kernel32.def
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf at redhat dot com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 17:14:32 -0500
- References: <3A71D463.A693CD5B@yahoo.com>
- Reply-To: cygwin-developers at cygwin dot com
On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 02:47:47PM -0500, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>Danny Smith is proposing the following patch:
>
>--- kernel32.def.orig Thu Oct 19 08:35:38 2000
>+++ kernel32.def Tue Jan 09 09:00:26 2001
>@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ CreateSemaphoreW@16
> CreateTapePartition@16
> CreateThread@24
> CreateTimerQueue@0
>-CreateToolhelp32Snapshot@8
> CreateVirtualBuffer@12
> CreateWaitableTimerA@12
> CreateWaitableTimerW@12
>@@ -402,10 +401,6 @@ GlobalUnWire@4
> GlobalUnfix@4
> GlobalUnlock@4
> GlobalWire@4
>-Heap32First@12
>-Heap32ListFirst@8
>-Heap32ListNext@8
>-Heap32Next@4
> HeapAlloc@12
> HeapCompact@8
> HeapCreate@12
>---------------------------------------------------
>
>I don't necessarily disagree with this patch however, these are win95
>specific. Were these functions actually in the Kernel32.dll on Win95?
>If so, I feel that I can't apply the patch. Any documentation for these
>have been removed from the msdn website.
>
>I would like others comments before applying.
Cygwin actually uses CreateToolhelp32Snapshot. There *used* to be documentation
on these at msdn.microsoft.com.
cgf