Re: [msysGit] [PATCH 07/17] Fix __stdcall/WINAPI placement and function prototype

> On Montag, 14. September 2009, Marius Storm-Olsen wrote:
> > WINAPI is a macro which translates into the proper calling convention, so
> > replace __stdcall with that.
> 
> I've already pointed out elsewhere that the documentation of 
> _beginthreadex explicitly says that the calling convention of the 
> function pointer must be __stdcall. It does not mention WINAPI. 
> Therefore, I think that these two changes are not correct:
> 
> > -static __stdcall unsigned ticktack(void *dummy)
> > +static unsigned WINAPI ticktack(void *dummy)
> 
> > -static __stdcall unsigned run_thread(void *data)
> > +static unsigned WINAPI run_thread(void *data)
> 
> You should s/WINAPI/__stdcall/.