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Article #15807Re: anomoly in LightspeedC include file? (maybe)
From: Macintosh Users Group
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1987 12:20
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1987 12:20
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In article <904@basser.oz> frankng@basser.oz (Frank Ng) writes:
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>There are a few cases where this can cause confusion, if not errors.
>For example the Toolbox function *NewString*, which returns a
>StringHandle. Does this return a handle to a C string or a Pascal
>string (with the length byte at the beginning)?
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On page 12-2 of the Lightspeed C Manual, it states under the heading of
"strings" that "Pascal strings are required when calling Macintosh routines..."
This means that EVERY Macintosh toolbox routine that returns a pointer or
handle to a Str255 use Pascal strings.
Jason Haines
Club Mac Macintosh Users Group of Sydney
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!munnari!otc!metro!ipso!runx!clubmac From: clubmac@runx.ips.oz (Macintosh Users Group) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: anomoly in LightspeedC include file? (maybe) Message-ID: <806@runx.ips.oz> Date: Fri, 24-Apr-87 08:20:38 EDT Article-I.D.: runx.806 Posted: Fri Apr 24 08:20:38 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 30-Apr-87 00:43:13 EDT References: <904@basser.oz> Reply-To: clubmac@runx.OZ (Club Mac Macintosh Users Group of Sydney) Organization: RUNX Un*x Timeshare. Sydney, Australia. Lines: 21