Re: What we really need...
- Posted by petelomax at blueyonder.co.uk Nov 12, 2002
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On Tue, 12 Nov 2002 12:05:49 -0500, euman at bellsouth.net wrote: >>Win32Lib does a superb job of hiding > >superb??? Er, yes, for us numbskulls anyways. > >> the details of what is going on behind the scenes. API programming is >> not for the faint of heart. > >Yeah atleast its your code and you can fix it to work like you want it to. Euman, even a numbskull like me can edit my copy of win32lib.ew when & where needed to get it to work. Yes, I have needed to, and No, I would never have managed to write the equivalent myself. What's your beef? <OUCH>I think I just headbutted a brick wall there</OUCH> <snip> >Also, when you peek or poke a value you eliminate the extra "addition" (+) >required >e.g, poke4(trm + trm_Op,val) -- why not do this only once at the start of >your proggy. > >Maybe this is hard for some to understand but for me this seems easier and >besides is obviously faster with less messy code. Neater it is, plus, I hazard, allocate(4) allocate(16) allocate(8) is by no means guaranteed to return consecutive addresses... Pete