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RTLinker exposes:<br> envp<br> instance<br><br><br>envp is not entirely useless, but is redundant with Cstdlib.getenv,<br>which is exposed through libm3/Env.<br><br><br>RTLinker.envp appears somewhat broken on Windows, despite appearances<br>that I tried to fix it. In particular, broken for gui apps.<br> (btw, gui apps and console apps are far more the same than<br> people realize; this whole business where Modula-3's main<br> varies for each of them is unnecessary; the actual<br> entry point for any Win32 console or gui app takes no parameters;<br> the parameters the C runtime passes to main or WinMain<br> are created by it based on stuff such as GetCommandLine,<br> GetStartupInfo, etc.)<br> <br> <br>instance is pretty much useless.<br>Anyone that needs it can get it via GetModuleHandle(NULL);<br><br>I suppose RTLinker.instance is more portable, as it'll reliably<br>be null on posix -- ie: the #ifdef is built into startup/m3core,<br>instead of the user's app.<br>(on the other hand, there's probably nothing portable<br>you can do with instance, given that it is useless on Posix)<br><br>Anyway, on the general premise that less is more and things<br>deemed buggy, of little value, and unused, are best just<br>removed instead of fixed or improved, I propose removing<br>both of these. Once I verify they are unused.<br><br><br>?<br><br><br> - Jay<br><br><br><br><br> </body>
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