Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> Dynamic loading of DLL functions is duplicated in several places in Git
> for Windows' source code.
>
> This patch adds a pair of macros to simplify the process: the
> DECLARE_PROC_ADDR(<dll>, <return-type>, <function-name>,
> ...<function-parameter-types>...) macro to be used at the beginning of a
> code block, and the INIT_PROC_ADDR(<function-name>) macro to call before
> using the declared function. The return value of the INIT_PROC_ADDR()
> call has to be checked; If it is NULL, the function was not found in the
> specified DLL.
>
> Example:
>
> DECLARE_PROC_ADDR(kernel32.dll, BOOL, CreateHardLinkW,
> LPCWSTR, LPCWSTR, LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES);
>
> if (!INIT_PROC_ADDR(CreateHardLinkW))
> return error("Could not find CreateHardLinkW() function";
>
> if (!CreateHardLinkW(source, target, NULL))
> return error("could not create hardlink from %S to %S",
> source, target);
> return 0;
>
> Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx>
Yep, this is indeed
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> compat/win32/lazyload.h | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 compat/win32/lazyload.h
Thanks,
Jonathan
