Hi Todd,
Sounds like in WinReg.pm6 line 177 is a definition like :
sub RegOpenKeyExW( DWORD, WCHARS, DWORD, DWORD, DWORD is rw) is
native("Kernel32.dll") returns DWORD { * };
and you put a "my $i = 0" variable instead of "my int32 $i = 0" in it
somewhere.
Greetings,
Wolf
On Wed, 1 Jan 2020 at 03:48, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users <
perl6-users@perl.org> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Request for Enhancement: Native Call error
>
> perl6 -I. -e "use WinReg :WinReadRegKey; say WinReadRegKey(
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
> Q[SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\system],
> Q[EnableLUA] );"
>
> Native call expected argument that references a native integer, but got
> P6int in method CALL-ME at
> C:\rakudo\share\perl6\sources\947BDAB9F96E0E5FCCB383124F923A6BF6F8D76B
> (NativeCall) line 587 in sub WinReadRegKey at
> K:\Windows\NtUtil\WinReg.pm6 (WinReg) line 177 in block <unit> at -e line 1
>
>
> "references a native integer, but got P6int" is NOT REALLY HELPFUL.
> Would you please tell me which one threw this error?
>
>
> Many thanks,
> -T
>
