Re: [Mingw-users] GetLastError strange behaviour

[benjamin <be...@on...>]

Am 03.03.2012 18:29, schrieb Earnie Boyd:
> On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 6:32 AM, benjamin<be...@on...>  wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> this is the code snippet:
>> http://ideone.com/arIAm
>>
>> on MinGW 4.6.1 the output is : "dwLastError 0"
>> on MinGW 4.5.0 and 4.5.2 its  : "dwLastError 1337" which is the desired
>> output.
>>
>> if i write the foobar function like this :
>> http://ideone.com/5XX80
>>
>> then it also works on 4.6.1 with "dwLastError 1337".
>>
>> I dont know what exactly is going on, but i think it could be a MinGW bug.
>> What do you think?
>>
> Well not, MinGW, particularly but maybe GCC.  Does it work if you change
> throw Win32Exception(GetLastError());
> to
> throw Win32Exception((DWORD)GetLastError());
>

No it doesnt help. I only can assume about possible reasons for this 
behaviour. Maybe someone has a explanation for it, or its simply a bug.

greetings