Why is CLIPFORMAT defined to be a WORD rather than a UINT?

Raymond Chen November 28, 2011 Nov 28, 2011 11/28/11

Commenter Ivo wants to know if the Register­Clipboard­Format function returns a UINT, why is the CLIP­FORMAT data type defined to be a WORD? Since a WORD is smaller than a UINT, you have to stick in a cast every time you assign the result of Register­Clipboard­Format to a CLIP­FORMAT. Rewind to 16-bit Windows. Back in...