Inconsistent argument type declaration in dinput.h: WriteEffectToFile()

[Elias Vanderstuyft]

Hi everyone,

The docs of IDirectInputDevice8::WriteEffectToFile() declare the third
argument as
LPCDIFILEEFFECT rgDiFileEft:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/microsoft.directx_s...
This is inconsistent with Microsoft's "dinput.h" file, they declare it as
LPDIFILEEFFECT (thus, no "const"):
ftp://sccn.ucsd.edu/pub/LSL/lsl-dependencies/external_libs/EmbarcaderoXE/shared/4.4.0-msvc/include/dinput.h
Wine's "dinput.h" follows the same mistake as Microsoft's:
https://github.com/wine-mirror/wine/blob/master/include/dinput.h#L1866

Is there a particular reason for this?

Best regards,
Elias

[Marcus Meissner]

On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 10:15:32PM +0200, Elias Vanderstuyft wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> The docs of IDirectInputDevice8::WriteEffectToFile() declare the third
> argument as
> LPCDIFILEEFFECT rgDiFileEft:
> https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/microsoft.directx_s...
> This is inconsistent with Microsoft's "dinput.h" file, they declare it as
> LPDIFILEEFFECT (thus, no "const"):
> ftp://sccn.ucsd.edu/pub/LSL/lsl-dependencies/external_libs/EmbarcaderoXE/shared/4.4.0-msvc/include/dinput.h
> Wine's "dinput.h" follows the same mistake as Microsoft's:
> https://github.com/wine-mirror/wine/blob/master/include/dinput.h#L1866
>
> Is there a particular reason for this?

No, it was probably missed.

I am sending a patch.

Ciao, Marcus

[Elias Vanderstuyft]

On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 11:06 PM, Marcus Meissner  wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 10:15:32PM +0200, Elias Vanderstuyft wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > The docs of IDirectInputDevice8::WriteEffectToFile() declare the third
> > argument as
> > LPCDIFILEEFFECT rgDiFileEft:
> > https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/microsoft.directx_s...
> > This is inconsistent with Microsoft's "dinput.h" file, they declare it as
> > LPDIFILEEFFECT (thus, no "const"):
> > ftp://sccn.ucsd.edu/pub/LSL/lsl-dependencies/external_libs/EmbarcaderoXE/shared/4.4.0-msvc/include/dinput.h
> > Wine's "dinput.h" follows the same mistake as Microsoft's:
> > https://github.com/wine-mirror/wine/blob/master/include/dinput.h#L1866
> >
> > Is there a particular reason for this?
>
> No, it was probably missed.
>
> I am sending a patch.

Thanks, I suppose a patch to Wine?
And leave Microsoft unnotified?

Thanks,
Elias

[Michael Stefaniuc]

On 09/22/2015 09:32 PM, Elias Vanderstuyft wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 11:06 PM, Marcus Meissner  wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 10:15:32PM +0200, Elias Vanderstuyft wrote:
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > The docs of IDirectInputDevice8::WriteEffectToFile() declare the third
> > > argument as
> > > LPCDIFILEEFFECT rgDiFileEft:
> > > https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/microsoft.directx_s...
> > > This is inconsistent with Microsoft's "dinput.h" file, they declare it as
> > > LPDIFILEEFFECT (thus, no "const"):
> > > ftp://sccn.ucsd.edu/pub/LSL/lsl-dependencies/external_libs/EmbarcaderoXE/shared/4.4.0-msvc/include/dinput.h
> > > Wine's "dinput.h" follows the same mistake as Microsoft's:
> > > https://github.com/wine-mirror/wine/blob/master/include/dinput.h#L1866
> > >
> > > Is there a particular reason for this?
> >
> > No, it was probably missed.
> >
> > I am sending a patch.
>
> Thanks, I suppose a patch to Wine?

Yes.
> And leave Microsoft unnotified?

You can of course notify Microsoft. They might even update MSDN to
reflect the header.

bye
    michael

[Elias Vanderstuyft]

On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 10:00 PM, Michael Stefaniuc  wrote:
> On 09/22/2015 09:32 PM, Elias Vanderstuyft wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 11:06 PM, Marcus Meissner  wrote:
> > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 10:15:32PM +0200, Elias Vanderstuyft wrote:
> > > > Hi everyone,
> > > >
> > > > The docs of IDirectInputDevice8::WriteEffectToFile() declare the third
> > > > argument as
> > > > LPCDIFILEEFFECT rgDiFileEft:
> > > > https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/microsoft.directx_s...
> > > > This is inconsistent with Microsoft's "dinput.h" file, they declare it as
> > > > LPDIFILEEFFECT (thus, no "const"):
> > > > ftp://sccn.ucsd.edu/pub/LSL/lsl-dependencies/external_libs/EmbarcaderoXE/shared/4.4.0-msvc/include/dinput.h
> > > > Wine's "dinput.h" follows the same mistake as Microsoft's:
> > > > https://github.com/wine-mirror/wine/blob/master/include/dinput.h#L1866
> > > >
> > > > Is there a particular reason for this?
> > >
> > > No, it was probably missed.
> > >
> > > I am sending a patch.
> >
> > Thanks, I suppose a patch to Wine?
>
> Yes.
> > And leave Microsoft unnotified?
>
> You can of course notify Microsoft. They might even update MSDN to
> reflect the header.
>
> bye
>         michael

OK, thanks!

Cheers,
Elias