[fpc-devel] Re: Changing Windows API A routines in SysUtils to W in Windows NT

[Sven Barth]

On 06.02.2012 19:39, Thaddy wrote:
> On 6-2-2012 17:54, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho wrote:
>> The related bug tracker item is:
>>
>> http://mantis.freepascal.org/view.php?id=21114
>>
> IMO This should not be done that way (at all):
> MS does it by respecting the PE flag for unicode and expects strings
> accordingly: If the PE says it's unicode, a default string should be
> unicode, (so apiW) if the header says ansi the default should be apiA.
> Just my three cents.
> But that still requires changes, I agree with that part.
> This might be an issue for xplatform, although I believe nixes have the
> same behaviour.

Out of interest: Which flag are you talking about? Because I'm not aware 
of any such flag.

Regards,
Sven