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[Troll_King]

I'm know the basic typedef usage:

typedef unsigned int * INT;

This makes INT an alias for a pointer to unsigned int. And when used in this mannor:

INT set1, set2;

It is translated by the compiler as:

unsigned int * set1, *set2;

But I am not accustomed to this usage:

typedef WCHAR * PWCHAR, * LPWCH, * PWCH, *NEPSTR, *LPWSTR, * PWSTR;

And I should also specify that WCHAR is also a typedef:

typedef wchar_t WCHAR:

Can anyone help me out, especially in describing how the typedef works with a list of types. Is * PWSTR the alias for all of the list?

[Spark]

I would say that PWCHAR, LPWCH, PWCH, NEPSTR, LPWSTR and PWSTR are all of type pointer to wchar_t.
So it shouldn't matter if you type
PWCHAR test;
NEPSTR test;
or
LPWSTR test;

But as always, I can't and won't guarantee that. =)

[Troll_King]

You could be right. I haven't tested it yet, but I thought that someone might just know the answer. What you say could be true. I'll know sometime tonight hopefully. Thanks.

[Nick]

I would say that PWCHAR, LPWCH, PWCH, NEPSTR, LPWSTR and PWSTR are all of type pointer to wchar_t.
So it shouldn't matter if you type

I think one of the reasons why the windows api so ugly is because you have 4 or so different names for a charecter type and then you have the now obselete long pointers and stuft. Since I'm not used to it; I don't usually think of something like
LPSTR s; as a pointer type. But using typedef is easy. It works the same way as if you were defining a variable but that variable is now a type alias.

So to define a int and a int*
int A, *B;
And create type alias for a int and a int*
typedef int A, *B;

typedef WCHAR * PWCHAR, * LPWCH, * PWCH, *NEPSTR, *LPWSTR, * PWSTR;

To work out this one
WCHAR *PWCHAR, *LPWCH, *PWCH, *NEPSTR, *LPWSTR, *PWSTR;
Defines 6 pointers to WCHAR. When you put the typedef you create 6 type alias for a pointer to WCHAR.