void testFn()
{
    int nCount(3);
    nCount++;
}

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beyond that, i was under the impression that DWORD, and so presumably DWORD_PTR was a #define. am i wrong about this?

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your code snippet does not make sense to me.

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struct blub
{
public:
// fine
    operator const int*() const
    {
        return reinterpret_cast<const int*>(this);
    }
// fine
    operator DWORD_PTR() const
    {
        return reinterpret_cast<DWORD_PTR>(this);
    }
// uncomment block and DWORD_PTR is colored wrong
/*  
    operator const DWORD_PTR() const
    {
         return reinterpret_cast<const DWORD_PTR>(this);
    }
*/
};