use of term "PASCAL" in C/C++ code?

[mzimmers]

Hi -

I'm reading an online tutorial on using TCP/IP at this site:

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/13071/Programming-Windows-TCP-Sockets-in-C-for-the-Begin

It's pretty well written for the most part, but the author uses the term "PASCAL" often in his definitions without explanation. Anyone have an idea what this is?

Thanks.

[webJose]

If I recall correctly, PASCAL is just a #define of the __stdcall calling convention.

[Cubbi]

"PASCAL", as used in that tutorial, was the calling convention used in Win16 API, which is carried over in some of the Windows include files into today, #define'd as __stdcall

Here's a good summary of calling conventions, by Raymond Chen

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2004/01/02/47184.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2004/01/08/48616.aspx

[mzimmers]

Oh, so it's just some definition/enforcement of some argument-handling conventions?

It appears that if I just replace "PASCAL" with __stdcall wherever it appears in the tutorial, and basically ignore it after that, I'll probably be OK, right?

[kbw]

No, don't do that. If you have to use PASCAL, use PASCAL. Don't make assumptions on what it means.