DOC: _set_se_translator and set_terminate Help Info Incorrect

Last reviewed: October 8, 1997
Article ID: Q122562
The information in this article applies to:
  • The Microsoft C/C++ Compiler (CL.EXE) included with: - Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Edition, version 2.0

SUMMARY

The Quick Reference Help and Books Online both state that the _set_se_translator() and set_terminate() functions return a pointer to their argument. In fact, they return a pointer to the previous translator or terminate function respectively.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was fixed in the documentation of Microsoft Visual C++ 4.0.

MORE INFORMATION

Annotate the Books Online and the Quick Reference Help to include the correct documentation. For the _set_se_translator help or Books Online:

  1. Choose Annotate from the Edit menu.

  2. Enter the following text:

    - The return value is incorrectly documented. _set_se_translator()

         returns a pointer to the previous translator function.
    

  3. Click the Save button.

For the set_terminate function, repeat the above steps using the following text:

   - The return value is incorrectly documented. set_terminator() returns
     a pointer to the previous terminator function.
Keywords          : CPPIss
Version           : WINNT:2.0;
Platform          : NT WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbdocerr
Solution Type     : kbdocfix


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Last reviewed: October 8, 1997
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