Base pointers

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.

Platform interpretations

The following platforms have an interpretation for the base pointer.

PalmOS
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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