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[Dimitrie O. Paun]

On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Alexandre Julliard wrote:

> The reason is very simple: WideCharXXX are Windows API, HEAP_strdupA/W
> are not.

I have supported your effort for getting rid of the HEAP_strdupA/W calls
for this very reason: I strongly believe using the standard API is very
important for too many reasons to list here.

However, looking over the code with critical eye, I realized that we are
uglifing/obfuscating the code with this change, rather then cleaning it
up. As a result, I've been kindda torn between the desire to use a
standard API, and the aesthetics of the code base.

Now, thinking about the problem, I realized that the strdupA/W is not a
standard Windows API because apps should not typically need it, while it
is _clearly_ needed as an internal API for the Win32 API.

What would be wrong with:

  LPSTR  wine_strdupWtoA(LPCWSTR);
  LPWSTR wine_strdupAtoW(LPCSTR);
  void   wine_strfreeA(LPSTR);
  void   wine_strfreeW(LPWSTR)
exported from, say, ntdll?

Besides, they can remain inlined (as they are now), so they don't really
need to be exported from anywhere.

--
Dimi.