XGetWindowProperty() AnyPropertyType and XA_CARDINAL?

[Kai-Uwe Behrmann]

Am 13.01.12, 11:11 +0100 schrieb Kai-Uwe Behrmann:
> A atom is placed as a XA_CARDINAL type to the root window.
>
> To get this atom XGetWindowProperty() is used.
> AnyPropertyType fails and XA_CARDINAL succeeds in the req_type argument, 
> which is the 7th one, to XGetWindowProperty(). Is there a reason for this?
> The XGetWindowProperty manual says both should succeed.

FYI
A small overseen change along specifiying XA_CARDINAL brought the 
difference. So AnyPropertyType and XA_CARDINAL both succeed.
XGetWindowProperty() behaves as expected and documented in the man page.

kind regards
Kai-Uwe Behrmann
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