Re: Testing Delphi DLL crashes VB6 IDE

"Bruce M. Axtens" <bruce.axtens@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Rob Kennedy wrote:

You've taken a WideString and told the compiler that it's really a
pointer to a WideString. You're lying to the compiler. It doesn't
care, but the caller of this function probably does.

I stand corrected. And apologies to you, as you sound a little annoyed
with my naivete.

I don't think you should read that into it. If he were, you'd know.
'Lying to the compiler' is just a figure of speech - although, compilers
being involved, there is a case for taking things litterally. The
compiler always does. But generally, 'lying to the compiler' is just
a way to say that you did a typecast... and were wrong. Had you been
right, that would have been perfectly fine. Typecasts are a way of
telling the compiler that you know better than it, and that really is
possible. Just remember not to make mistakes.


And what you have said works a treat.

Of course it does. This is Rob. He's one of those always-right types.
(It comes from only speaking when he knows what he's saying. Oh, and
being very, very good at stuff he speaks about.)

Groetjes,
Maarten Wiltink


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