Re: [Mingw-w64-public] lack of "__MINGW32_VERSION" and w32api.h in mingw-w64

[NightStrike <nig...@gm...>]

On 9/26/07, Kai Tietz <Kai...@on...> wrote:
> > in mingw-w64 source code, the file "include/_mingw.h" doesn't include
> > the define of __MINGW32_VERSION, and it doesn't has the file
> > "include/w32api.h" which define the __W32API_VERSION .
> > these can be found in i686-pc-mingw32 platform.
> >
> > Will these symbol be added in future release of mingw-w64 ?
> > Some program like wxWidgets want to test these symbol.
>
> Hi Drangon,
>
> I agree to that what NightStrike said. If you are in need to have a define
> specifying the version of this 64-bit crt, I can introduce some defines in
> _mingw.h for that. But of course these versions are not synchronized with
> the 32-bit mingw as long as they are not merged. I would suggest the
> following defines: __W64_MINGW32_VERSION and __W64_W32API_VERSION. They
> will have the values build by year/month/day like 20070926.
> Would this be a help for you ?

What would the value of __W64_W32API_VERSION be?  Since w32api isn't
included in this, what is the meaning or purpose of it?  The name
implies that we are compatible with a certain version of w32api.  Is
that really the case, though?