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Date:	Fri, 26 Jan 2001 17:14:32 -0500
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
To:	Earnie Boyd <cygwin-developers AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Tool Help definitions in kernel32.def
Message-ID:	<20010126171432.A22745@redhat.com>
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In-Reply-To:	<3A71D463.A693CD5B@yahoo.com>; from earnie_boyd@yahoo.com on Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 02:47:47PM -0500

On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 02:47:47PM -0500, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>Danny Smith is proposing the following patch:
>
>--- kernel32.def.orig   Thu Oct 19 08:35:38 2000
>+++ kernel32.def        Tue Jan 09 09:00:26 2001
>@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ CreateSemaphoreW AT 16
> CreateTapePartition AT 16
> CreateThread AT 24
> CreateTimerQueue AT 0
>-CreateToolhelp32Snapshot AT 8
> CreateVirtualBuffer AT 12
> CreateWaitableTimerA AT 12
> CreateWaitableTimerW AT 12
>@@ -402,10 +401,6 @@ GlobalUnWire AT 4
> GlobalUnfix AT 4
> GlobalUnlock AT 4
> GlobalWire AT 4
>-Heap32First AT 12
>-Heap32ListFirst AT 8
>-Heap32ListNext AT 8
>-Heap32Next AT 4
> HeapAlloc AT 12
> HeapCompact AT 8
> HeapCreate AT 12
>---------------------------------------------------
>
>I don't necessarily disagree with this patch however, these are win95
>specific.  Were these functions actually in the Kernel32.dll on Win95? 
>If so, I feel that I can't apply the patch.  Any documentation for these
>have been removed from the msdn website.
>
>I would like others comments before applying.

Cygwin actually uses CreateToolhelp32Snapshot.  There *used* to be documentation
on these at msdn.microsoft.com.

cgf

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