Purpose of template DECLARE_HANDLE in druntime

[Andre Pany]

On Friday, 1 February 2019 at 07:35:34 UTC, Kagamin wrote:
> It's a strong typed handle, in C it's declared as
>
> #ifdef STRICT
> typedef void *HANDLE;
> #if 0 && (_MSC_VER > 1000)
> #define DECLARE_HANDLE(name) struct name##__; typedef struct 
> name##__ *name
> #else
> #define DECLARE_HANDLE(name) struct name##__{int unused;}; 
> typedef struct name##__ *name
> #endif
> #else
> typedef PVOID HANDLE;
> #define DECLARE_HANDLE(name) typedef HANDLE name
> #endif

Thanks for all answers.
I understand, there was a reason in the past, but now
it is a superfluous construct.
I will create an issue and after that checks whether I can
create a pull request.

Kind regards
André