Changes since v1: - repeated the example from the commit message in the .h file
- mentioned that the function is not thread-safe. - added Jonathan's Reviewed-by: footer Johannes Schindelin (1): Win32: simplify loading of DLL functions compat/win32/lazyload.h | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+) create mode 100644 compat/win32/lazyload.h base-commit: 28996cec80690d2322359d3650a57e8de6e01eb6 Published-As: https://github.com/dscho/git/releases/tag/lazyload-v2 Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/dscho/git lazyload-v2 Interdiff vs v1: diff --git a/compat/win32/lazyload.h b/compat/win32/lazyload.h index 91c10dad2fb..9e631c8593f 100644 --- a/compat/win32/lazyload.h +++ b/compat/win32/lazyload.h @@ -1,7 +1,19 @@ #ifndef LAZYLOAD_H #define LAZYLOAD_H -/* simplify loading of DLL functions */ +/* + * A pair of macros to simplify loading of DLL functions. 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); + */ struct proc_addr { const char *const dll; @@ -20,6 +32,7 @@ struct proc_addr { * Loads a function from a DLL (once-only). * Returns non-NULL function pointer on success. * Returns NULL + errno == ENOSYS on failure. + * This function is not thread-safe. */ #define INIT_PROC_ADDR(function) \ (function = get_proc_addr(&proc_addr_##function)) -- 2.14.1.windows.1.1024.gf2dea585d74.dirty
