Re: [AD] namespace collision

[Peter Wang <tjaden@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 09 Aug 2001, Peter Wang <tjaden@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> (1) `clear' becomes `clear_bitmap' in source.
> (2) `allegro.h' gets "#define clear(bmp) clear_bitmap(bmp)".
> (3) You can switch off (2) with a #define before #include <allegro.h>.
> (4) People who take the address of `clear' need to use
>     `clear_bitmap' instead.  People who have member functions called
>     `clear' need to do (3) and use `clear_bitmap'.

In light of the problems with inline functions, I'm going to return
to this proposal.  A possible patch is attached.

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