Alright, maybe I'm a little slow and missed something, but how in the hell can you convert a statement like this into assembly?
DWORD dwSize=16384;
LPNETRESOURCE lpData;
lpData = (LPNETRESOURCE) malloc(dwSize);
NETRESOURCE is a structure for those who don't know. Any input would be appreciated.
Remember, in assembly data is data and has no type!
The code you gave is as follows:
.data
dwSize DWORD 16384;
;Same as C (other than syntax)
.data?
lpData DWORD ?
;Pointers are just 32bit, so DWORD!
.code
...
invoke malloc, dwSize
mov lpData, eax
;No type casting, asm doesn't need it
...
mov edx, lpData
mov (NETRESOURCE PTR ).,
;I don't know what the structure of NETRESOURCE is sorry!
I pretty much agree with Mirno, loose type defining is the way to go.
However, I do find it very pleasent to define just a few types for special purposes, like "wchar" (just means WORD) or BSTR (just means DWORD).
A good naming convention is the most helpful thing. However, since we're in 32 bit land now, all pointers are long. So I just use 'p' for pointer, then 'pp' for a pointer address.
It works for me. :-)