Inconsistent argument type declaration in dinput.h: WriteEffectToFile()

[Marcus Meissner]

On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 10:15:32PM +0200, Elias Vanderstuyft wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> The docs of IDirectInputDevice8::WriteEffectToFile() declare the third
> argument as
> LPCDIFILEEFFECT rgDiFileEft:
> https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/microsoft.directx_sdk.idirectinputdevice8.idirectinputdevice8.writeeffecttofile%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
> This is inconsistent with Microsoft's "dinput.h" file, they declare it as
> LPDIFILEEFFECT (thus, no "const"):
> ftp://sccn.ucsd.edu/pub/LSL/lsl-dependencies/external_libs/EmbarcaderoXE/shared/4.4.0-msvc/include/dinput.h
> Wine's "dinput.h" follows the same mistake as Microsoft's:
> https://github.com/wine-mirror/wine/blob/master/include/dinput.h#L1866
> 
> Is there a particular reason for this?

No, it was probably missed.

I am sending a patch.

Ciao, Marcus