null and native call question

Hi All,

https://docs.perl6.org/language/nativecall

      "As you may have predicted by now, a NULL pointer
      is represented by the type object of the struct type."

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winreg/nf-winreg-regqueryvalueexw

      C++
      LSTATUS RegQueryValueExW(
        HKEY    hKey,
        LPCWSTR lpValueName,
        LPDWORD lpReserved,
        LPDWORD lpType,
        LPBYTE  lpData,
        LPDWORD lpcbData
      );

      lpReserved
      This parameter is reserved and must be NULL.

With "native", how do I satisfy the "NULL" requirement?

constant WCHAR   := uint16;

constant DWORD   := int32;


sub RegQueryValueExW( DWORD, WCHARS, DWORD, DWORD, DWORD is rw, DWORD is 
rw ) is native("Kernel32.dll") returns DWORD { * };

$RtnCode = RegQueryValueExW( $Handle, $lpValueName, int32, REG_DWORD, 
$lpData, $lpcbData );

"int32" returns:

     Cannot unbox a type object (int32) to int in method
     CALL-ME at C:\rakudo\share\perl6\sources \947BDAB9F96E0E5FCCB383124F9
     23A6BF6F8D76B (NativeCall) line 587


Many thanks,
-T

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