Q69237: _bheapseg: Return Value Documented Incorrectly

Article: Q69237
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 6.00 6.00a  | 6.00 6.00a
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | docerr | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 25-FEB-1991

The return value for the _bheapseg function is documented incorrectly
on page 147 of the "Microsoft C Reference," in the online help for C
6.00, and in the online help for QuickC versions 2.50 and 2.51.

On page 147 of the "Microsoft C Reference," the line that reads

   Returns     The selector for the newly allocated segment
               if successful; -1 if not.

should read as follows:

   Returns     The selector for the newly allocated segment
               if successful; 0 (_NULLSEG) if not.

The online help mentions the correct return value for the _bheapseg
function in the "Summary" section, except that it specifies NULLSEG
instead of _NULLSEG. The paragraph in the "Description" section titled
"Return Value" incorrectly documents the return value as -1.

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