6 The MLWorks Windows Interface Library
6.7 Identifier reference
The tables list ML function identifiers and the C functions from the Windows SDK to which they correspond.
Some Windows functions specify the success or failure of their execution by returning a BOOL, int, or DWORD. The equivalent ML functions typically handle failure by raising an exception. As a result such ML functions return a unit, relying on the exception to clarify the nature of the failure. The functions to which this applies are marked as follows:
- Functions marked § return a
unitas opposed toBOOLin the Windows equivalent. - Functions marked + return a
unitas opposed tointin the Windows equivalent. - Functions marked ++ return a
unitas opposed toDWORDin the Windows equivalent. - In cases where a Windows function passes a pointer to a structure, the corresponding ML function usually passes the structure itself. Such functions are marked *.