[Pyrex] compiler requires explicit cast?

[horace]

On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 6:49 AM, horace <horace3d at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 3:39 AM, Greg Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz>wrote:
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>> horace wrote:
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>>  error C2664: 'LoadIconA' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'void *' to
>>> 'HINSTANCE'
>>>
>>> cdef extern from "windows.h":
>>>    ctypedef void *PVOID
>>>    ctypedef PVOID HANDLE
>>>    ctypedef HANDLE HINSTANCE
>>>
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>> It looks like windows.h is not defining HINSTANCE as void *.
>> You'll need to find out how it is defined and do something
>> compatible in Pyrex.
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> hm... yeah, i found the definition with google but now i checked again and
> it seems that it sometimes gets defined differently. i will try to find it
> on my harddisk but this could be a bit tricky since it doesn't seem to be
> defined in windows.h.
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hm... all HINSTANCE definitions i find in the windows sdk are void *.
here it is void too:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa383751(VS.85).aspx

any other ideas?





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> thanks for your help!
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>> --
>> Greg
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