rfc: _thiscall and msvcrt

[Uwe Bonnes]

>>>>> "Ann&Jason" == Ann and Jason Edmeades <us at the-edmeades.demon.co.uk> writes:

    Ann&Jason> OK, i'll take a look at adding __reg stubs if this is the
    Ann&Jason> preferred method.

    >> don't forget also that register functions return their result in
    context-> Eax...

    Ann&Jason> so should for example: exception *
    Ann&Jason> MSVCRT_exception_opequals(const exception * rhs, CONTEXT86*
    Ann&Jason> context) { : return _this; }

    Ann&Jason> Be void MSVCRT_exception_opequals(const exception * rhs,
    Ann&Jason> CONTEXT86* context) { :
    context-> Eax = (DWORD)_this;
    Ann&Jason> } ?

    Ann&Jason> I assume the caller will look in the context structure passed
    Ann&Jason> in for the return val? 

On return the context structure is unpacked and the context-> Eax value is
put in EAX. EAX is where the program expects it's rerurn value.

Bye

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