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From: James Shaughnessy <james@manc.u-net.com>
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Subject: Re: GsLinkObject4 prototype error?
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 13:37:54 +0100
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James Shaughnessy wrote:
> OK I'm an idiot -- I looked at libps.h and saw that

Now I'm not so sure..... ;-)
Turns out that passsing a u_long to GsLinkObject4 compiles fine
but crashes the program.  Mmmm why do I feel like I'm the only one?

Tha manual clearly states that the function takes a u_long pointer,
and (unusually ;)) I reckon the manual IS correct -- but my libps.h
is at fault.  I altered libps.h (oo!) to make its prototype think
that arg 1 is indeed a pointer and VOILA, everything suddenly
compiles without warnings and the code runs fine.
How come nobody else has come up with this problem?

What I think is going on here is I am using ver 2.10 of libps.h,
downloaded from the website, not the older ver 1.0 from the CD,
which possibly most people still use (?)

Someone must know what's going on here - please!  If I'm right I
suggest Sony fix the libps.h file (just by adding a '*' !) on the
updates area (assuming v2.10 is still the latest..) as even
harmless warnings gives me the heebies!

Thanks,
Jim
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