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For Rayer - shared resources between DOS and WinXP (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 17.07.2008, 14:35

> > A 32bit C compiler "should" always extend arguments with a magnitude <
> 32
> > bit (char, short, word, ...) to a dword, so this is no problem at all.
>
> Yes but there's "should" not "is" or "must". Important is how the
> ntvdm.exe is compiled. I expect they used MSVC which should use 32bit
> int.

FYI:

// says "4" for either C or C++ (using DJGPP's GCC 4.2.3)

#include <stdio.h>

enum me { NO,YES } whatever;

int main()
{
  printf("\nsizeof(enum) = %d\n",sizeof(whatever));

  return 0;
}

Complete thread:

• For Rayer - shared resources between DOS and WinXP - Laaca, 05.07.2008, 10:08 (Announce)
  • For Rayer - shared resources between DOS and WinXP - Japheth, 05.07.2008, 11:27
    • For Rayer - shared resources between DOS and WinXP - RayeR, 06.07.2008, 13:26
      • For Rayer - shared resources between DOS and WinXP - Japheth, 07.07.2008, 09:19
        • For Rayer - shared resources between DOS and WinXP - RayeR, 08.07.2008, 14:02
          • For Rayer - shared resources between DOS and WinXP - Japheth, 08.07.2008, 17:08
            • For Rayer - shared resources between DOS and WinXP - RayeR, 11.07.2008, 02:53
              • For Rayer - shared resources between DOS and WinXP - Japheth, 11.07.2008, 09:30
                • For Rayer - shared resources between DOS and WinXP - RayeR, 11.07.2008, 11:18
                  • For Rayer - shared resources between DOS and WinXP - Japheth, 11.07.2008, 11:38
                    • For Rayer - shared resources between DOS and WinXP - RayeR, 11.07.2008, 14:12
                      • For Rayer - shared resources between DOS and WinXP - Japheth, 11.07.2008, 20:39
                        • For Rayer - shared resources between DOS and WinXP - RayeR, 16.07.2008, 15:51
                          • For Rayer - shared resources between DOS and WinXP - Japheth, 17.07.2008, 08:20
                            • For Rayer - shared resources between DOS and WinXP - RayeR, 17.07.2008, 12:25
                              • For Rayer - shared resources between DOS and WinXP - Japheth, 17.07.2008, 13:38
                                • For Rayer - shared resources between DOS and WinXP - RayeR, 17.07.2008, 14:05
                                  • For Rayer - shared resources between DOS and WinXP - Rugxulo, 17.07.2008, 14:35
                                    • For Rayer - shared resources between DOS and WinXP - RayeR, 17.07.2008, 18:55
                                      • For Rayer - shared resources between DOS and WinXP - Rugxulo, 18.07.2008, 13:50
                                        • For Rayer - shared resources between DOS and WinXP - RayeR, 22.07.2008, 10:24
                                          • For Rayer - shared resources between DOS and WinXP - Rugxulo, 23.07.2008, 00:51
                                            • For Rayer - shared resources between DOS and WinXP - RayeR, 23.07.2008, 16:56
                                              • For Rayer - shared resources between DOS and WinXP - Rugxulo, 24.07.2008, 07:06
            • For Rayer - shared resources between DOS and WinXP - Rugxulo, 23.07.2008, 01:00
  • For Rayer - shared resources between DOS and WinXP - RayeR, 11.07.2008, 23:04
    • For Rayer - shared resources between DOS and WinXP - RayeR, 11.07.2008, 23:19
  • For Rayer - shared resources between DOS and WinXP - ho1459, 13.07.2008, 08:40