[fpc-pascal] Mac OSX API call

[Jonas Maebe]

On 29 Aug 2008, at 11:58, EarMaster - Bent Olsen wrote:

>> From: fpc-pascal-bounces at lists.freepascal.org [mailto:fpc-pascal-
>> bounces at lists.freepascal.org] On Behalf Of Vincent Snijders
>> Sent: 29. august 2008 12:27
>> To: FPC-Pascal users discussions
>> Subject: Re: [fpc-pascal] Mac OSX API call
>>
>> I think it should be (no var for the pointer):
>
> I tried, and same result.
>
> Could a Mac OSX API call return -50 even though the types are  
> correct, but
> the contents of them are not what it expected?
>
> I would assume -50 is only after a check for types in the parameter  
> list,
> and check is done before even calling the API.

External functions have no idea what the declaration of the function  
in your source code is. A couple of the parameters your are passing  
(inAudioFile a outPacketDescriptions) however are pointers to opaque  
structures, and the called function is probably performing some sanity  
checks on those structures to ensure that they are valid.


Jonas