Many of the base APIs include a platform specific base pointer
that has a platform specific interpretation. For platforms without any
interpretation, it should be set to NULL.
The following platforms have an interpretation for the base pointer.
- PalmOS
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Under PalmOS, the base pointer is interpreted as the base of a locked database
record when the corresponding destination buffer is a location within the
locked record. If the destination buffer is regular memory, the base
pointer should be NULL.
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