How can I request smthg related to the Win run-time ?

D-ratiseur ThisAdressDoesntExist at nowhere.fr
Mon Mar 4 08:28:35 PST 2013


On Monday, 4 March 2013 at 15:49:20 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer
wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:24:50 -0500, D-Ratiseur 
> <ThisAdressDoesntExist at nowhere.fr> wrote:
>
>> Hello, I've noticed that an important function (and probably a 
>> few others) is missing from Windows.d (SetEndOfFile). I'd like 
>> to put a FR about this but I don't know where-how. Should I 
>> register here 
>> "http://d.puremagic.com/issues/enter_bug.cgi?product=D" for 
>> such a stuff (which is not a bug BTW).
>> Thx.
>
> Generally, Windows.d is not a complete list.  It's just a list 
> of functions from windows core libraries that have been used in 
> Phobos/Druntime.  Things get added as they are needed.
>
> Note that the function you want is still present, you just have 
> to declare a prototype for it (that is all Windows.d does).
>
> I think at some point someone was trying to create a complete 
> header for all windows runtime functions, but I don't know the 
> status of that.
>
> If you want to file a bug for this, you can, just mark it as an 
> enhancement.
>
> -Steve

Ok, thx, I've created the prototype and also tried to dynamically
link the method. It's true that SetEndOfFile is not used at all
in Phobos, that's explain well why the proto is not declared.


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