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Date:	Fri, 06 Sep 2002 08:11:13 -0400
From:	Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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To:	Danny Smith <danny_r_smith_2001 AT yahoo DOT co DOT nz>
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Subject:	Re: Re [2] [Mingw-users] Re: WINVER constant value [WAS:
	GetConsoleWindow]
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Danny Smith wrote:
> 
>  --- Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com> wrote: > "Gary R. Van Sickle" wrote:>
> >
> > What do MinGW users think?  How does this affect WINE and ReactOS?
> >
> > The discussion here is that WINVER is defaulted to 0x0400 and all newer
> > API is guarded with the appropriate version of Win32 OS in which they
> > appeared in the w32api, yet with MS they change the value of WINVER to
> > the new OS value with the new releases of their compilers.  The
> > beginning of the thread exists in the cygwin-developers list.
> >
> > My opinion is stated it the first paragraph above.
> >
> > Earnie.
> >
> 
> The MS default (set to latest and greatest) seems to encourage the development
> of apps that require the latest and greatest version of the OS.  After all,
> that is their business.
> 
> Setting the default to a minimal value of 0x0400 represents the opposite
> stance.
> 
> Personally, I prefer the current settings of the w32api.
> 

Nicely phrased, Danny, I appreciate and support these comments.

Earnie.

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