[C++-sig] using windows api functions

[Stefan Seefeld]

On 11/07/2009 09:58 AM, blackmet blackmet wrote:
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> 2009/11/7 Stefan Seefeld <seefeld at sympatico.ca 
> <mailto:seefeld at sympatico.ca>>
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>     On 11/07/2009 08:43 AM, blackmet blackmet wrote:
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>         c:/boost_1_40_0/boost/python/make_function.hpp:103: error:
>         invalid conversion from `int (*)(HINSTANCE__*, HINSTANCE__*,
>         CHAR*, int)' to `int (*)(HINSTANCE__*, HINSTANCE__*, CHAR*, int)'
>         c:/boost_1_40_0/boost/python/make_function.hpp:103: error:
>         initializing argument 1 of `boost::mpl::vector5<T0, T1, T2,
>         T3, T4>
>         boost::python::detail::get_signature(RT (*)(T0, T1, T2, T3),
>         void*)
>         [with RT = int, T0 = HINSTANCE__*, T1 = HINSTANCE__*, T2 =
>         CHAR*, T3 = int]'
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>
>     That is a confusing error message, isn't it. I seem to recall
>     having seen similar errors in the past, though I don't recall what
>     caused it. Can you show the declaration of the function that you
>     are attempting to wrap ? Could it be that it is using non-standard
>     calling conventions (stdcall, fastcall, or some such), causing the
>     compiler to detect a mismatch, without being able to report a
>     clear error message ?
>
> It is quite simple:
>
> BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(_winmain)
> {
> using namespace boost::python;
> def("WinMain", WinMain);

What is "WinMain" ? Oh, and looking again at the error I wonder what 
HINSTANCE__ is, and how you want to convert that to Python.
But that is an entirely different issue, unrelated to the error you are 
getting.

     Stefan

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