DOC: SYSTEM_INFO Structure Incorrectly Defined (303442)

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The Platform Builder Documentation defines the SYSTEM_INFO structure as follows:

typedef struct _SYSTEM_INFO {
DWORD dwOemId;
struct {
    WORD wProcessorArchitecture;
    WORD wReserved;
}
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} SYSTEM_INFO, *LPSYSTEM_INFO;

				

The definition above is incorrect. The dwOemId, wProcessorArchitecture, and wReserved members should share a union. The correct definition, which is found in Winbase.h, is as follows:

typedef struct _SYSTEM_INFO {
    union {
        DWORD dwOemId;          // Obsolete field...do not use
        struct {
            WORD wProcessorArchitecture;
            WORD wReserved;
        };
    };
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}SYSTEM_INFO, *LPSYSTEM_INFO;