[fpc-pascal] Syserrormessage, parameter data type

[Sven Barth]

Am 05.10.2014 12:28 schrieb "Jürgen Hestermann" <juergen.hestermann at gmx.de>:
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> Am 2014-10-05 um 12:10 schrieb Michael Van Canneyt:
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>> Not necessarily, because it is a cross-platform function and on other
systems the error codes are not necessarily positive values.
>> Unfortunately, this kind of windows-api-creep is found throughout the
RTL.
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>> The proper procedure is probably to introduce TSysErrorCode which
depends on the platform, and replace integer/dword with that.
>> Please file a bug-report, so we do not forget this.
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> But the current situation is wrong for *all* plattforms because the
sequence DWORD-INTEGER-DWORD
> does not work and when it becomes INTEGER-INTEGER-DWORD it doesn't work
either.
> The FormatMessageA call within SysErrorMessage expects DWORD too but an
INTEGER is provided.

Please note that GetLastError is Windows-specific. The cross platform
function in SysUtils is called GetLastOSError which does return Integer.

Regards,
Sven
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