Re: [AD] clear() problem and BeOS

[Peter Wang <tjaden@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 06 Sep 2001, Angelo Mottola <a.mottola@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> [...]
>     #if (defined ALLEGRO_GCC)
> -      extern inline void clear(BITMAP *bmp) { clear_bitmap(bmp); }
> +      AL_INLINE(void, clear, (BITMAP *bmp), { clear_bitmap(bmp); })
> [...]
> 
> With this change applied, everything works (shipped programs and non), but 
> it's still puzzling to me... ALLEGRO_GCC is defined on BeOS, so alconfig.h 
> should automatically #define AL_INLINE(x) as "extern inline x"; why using 
> AL_INLINE works and the explicit form doesn't?

AL_INLINE also produces the actual functions in src/inline.c.

> In any case, do you agree if apply the patch?

Better to find out why "extern inline" doesn't work.  Maybe
BeOS version of gcc is different?

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