[PATCH 2/2] wdscore: Add CurrentIP stub.

Zebediah Figura (she/her) zfigura at codeweavers.com
Tue Dec 28 12:31:20 CST 2021


On 12/28/21 12:24, Saulius Krasuckas wrote:
> On 2021-12-28 18:22, Alexandre Julliard wrote:
>> Saulius Krasuckas <saulius2 at ar-fi.lt> writes:
>>
>>> By looking at the disassembled calling points of the function and its'
>>> epilogues [1] _and_ by avoiding to memorize what does core of the
>>> function do (particularly which other WinAPI functions does it call),
>>> you stay safe and in compliance with copyrights and other stuff of
>>> Intellectual Property law.
>>
>> No, you should never look at a disassembly of a Windows dll, period.
>>
>> Please read https://wiki.winehq.org/Clean_Room_Guidelines for details.
> 
> Alexandre, I have read it before my answer and I found it to be 
> contradicting other documentation page.  So I had to interpret this 
> contradiction.
> 
> Do you and other folks agree that part of the documentation is 
> misleading or even incorrect in that regard?

It doesn't seem clear to me whether that page advises disassembling the 
function or its caller, but since it's ambiguous (and not particularly 
helpful) I've just removed the entire section.



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