Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 13:47:53 +0200
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Subject: Re: sound.c patch to fix NT bug
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> From: Jason Green <news AT jgreen4 DOT fsnet DOT co DOT uk>
> Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 00:26:13 +0100
> 
> A while back I posted a patch to c.o.m.d to fix a problem with the
> sound() function on the NT platform.
> 
> The message received no responses.  Has this patch been accepted or
> does it require further work?

I'd like to see the patched code work at least on plain DOS and
Windows 9X, before we accept it.  I have this on my todo list, but
didn't yet have time to do it.  Feel free to test on those platforms
and report the results here.

> I could compile and test some app that makes heavy use of sound() if
> you like

That would be good, too, especially if the application is run on
several different platforms.

> or someone could make a judgement looking at the simple
> change to sound()...

I don't think we can trust our eyes in this case: the original code
looks quite correct, but it still fails on NT.  We are up against
Microsoft's misfeatures here, not against our own bugs.