functons with return types and something else

[stav]

whats this thing where functions have a return type and then something else?
like here with int and WINAPI ?

int WINAPI WinMain()

[Thomas1965]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2348442/what-does-winapi-in-main-function-mean

[stav]

tyvm

[E0p9LyTq]

MSDN has the WinMain entry point defined as:

int CALLBACK WinMain()

I have seen Windows code that uses int APIENTRY WinMain()

If you look at MSDN's "Windows Data Types" table the three different calling types (WINAPI, CALLBACK and APIENTRY) are #define d to resolve to __stdcall.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa383751%28v=vs.85%29.aspx