From 841bb0a1fd73f71865ec29027a8f6de8ed0efa74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: expikr <77922942+expikr@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 00:48:05 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] std.os.windows: add compileError warning against `TCHAR` &
 their corresponding string/pointer types (#18741)

---
 lib/std/os/windows.zig | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/std/os/windows.zig b/lib/std/os/windows.zig
index 1fad11ceee..72078c0144 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/windows.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os/windows.zig
@@ -2868,6 +2868,12 @@ pub const LRESULT = LONG_PTR;
 
 pub const va_list = *opaque {};
 
+pub const TCHAR = @compileError("Deprecated: choose between `CHAR` or `WCHAR` directly instead.");
+pub const LPTSTR = @compileError("Deprecated: choose between `LPSTR` or `LPWSTR` directly instead.");
+pub const LPCTSTR = @compileError("Deprecated: choose between `LPCSTR` or `LPCWSTR` directly instead.");
+pub const PTSTR = @compileError("Deprecated: choose between `PSTR` or `PWSTR` directly instead.");
+pub const PCTSTR = @compileError("Deprecated: choose between `PCSTR` or `PCWSTR` directly instead.");
+
 pub const TRUE = 1;
 pub const FALSE = 0;