On 24 November 2012 23:36, Vladimir Panteleev <vladi...@thecybershadow.net>wrote:
> On Saturday, 24 November 2012 at 18:49:02 UTC, Manu wrote: > >> Hear hear! I agree, it should just be cloned verbatim. >> I for one have 15+ years of expectation about WINAPI, I don't want to look >> in any manual/reference to relearn how to use it again. >> > > This sentiment is overexaggerated and unhelpful. Please provide an example > of what sorts of "relearning" you'd have to do. > I'm simply stating my sentiment that ANY change to WIN32 is a very very bad idea. It invalidates existing code, and existing learning/reference material. Not to mention how many programmers don't even know what unicode is (ie, the A/W alias argument). 'Relearning' in this instance might refer to learning/remembering what changes have been made.