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Re: Re [2] [Mingw-users] Re: WINVER constant value [WAS: GetConsoleWindow]
- From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>
- To: Danny Smith <danny_r_smith_2001 at yahoo dot co dot nz>
- Cc: cygwin-developers at cygwin dot com, mingw-users at lists dot sourceforge dot net
- Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 08:11:13 -0400
- Subject: Re: Re [2] [Mingw-users] Re: WINVER constant value [WAS: GetConsoleWindow]
- References: <20020906044052.29717.qmail@web14502.mail.yahoo.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-developers at cygwin dot com, mingw-users at lists dot sf dot net
Danny Smith wrote:
>
> --- Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd@yahoo.com> wrote: > "Gary R. Van Sickle" wrote:>
> >
> > What do MinGW users think? How does this affect WINE and ReactOS?
> >
> > The discussion here is that WINVER is defaulted to 0x0400 and all newer
> > API is guarded with the appropriate version of Win32 OS in which they
> > appeared in the w32api, yet with MS they change the value of WINVER to
> > the new OS value with the new releases of their compilers. The
> > beginning of the thread exists in the cygwin-developers list.
> >
> > My opinion is stated it the first paragraph above.
> >
> > Earnie.
> >
>
> The MS default (set to latest and greatest) seems to encourage the development
> of apps that require the latest and greatest version of the OS. After all,
> that is their business.
>
> Setting the default to a minimal value of 0x0400 represents the opposite
> stance.
>
> Personally, I prefer the current settings of the w32api.
>
Nicely phrased, Danny, I appreciate and support these comments.
Earnie.