FAR reserved word...

Mon, 07 Apr 2003 21:15:24 -0700

Can someone please explain to me what FAR does in this fn. prototype?

long FAR PASCAL WindowProc(HWND hWnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lparam);

Thanks alot - lankEman

Re: FAR reserved word...

Tue, 08 Apr 2003 02:29:53 -0700

: Can someone please explain to me what FAR does in this fn. prototype?
:
: long FAR PASCAL WindowProc(HWND hWnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lparam);
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: Thanks alot - lankEman
:
It is only meaningful if you are compiling with a 16-bit compiler for MS-DOS 6.X or earlier. The FAR keyword told the compiler that the function (or other object) resides in a different memory segment address than the current one and requires a 32-bit address to access it. That keyword is obsolete in modern 32-bit compilers such as Dev-C++ or Visual C++ because all addresses are 32-bit addresses.

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