Re: [AD] official beta (Re namespace again)

["Gillius" <gillius@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 29 Oct 2001, at 17:26, Chris La Mantia wrote:
> So why add more things they have to fix?  The bottom line is that the
> "official" word is that "3.12 is the latest stable release".  You know and I
> know that the last dozen WIPs are more stable than 3.12.  So why should we
> keep it to ourselves?

OK, I just was advocating one person's idea that DIDN'T break the API and 
now everyone is going off on API issues.  I was suggesting a new allegro 
header file for the new API called allegro4.h that would be the new API, 
but allegro.h would be included for backwards compatability and would be 
declared as deprecated.

This doesn't change what a user sees of Allegro!  Adding the allegro4.h 
file would only ADD to not break the API.

It would allow us to introduce the new API in the new major version number 
increment, so that the old API would be supported through Allegro 5.

And it would allow users that have a problem with the non-prefixed version 
to solve their problems.

Now I'm not doing anything that really needs the new API.  But I know some 
people do and I know there are some issues on platforms.  The only reason I 
advocate the change as I do is because it doesn't change anything for users 
not wanting to use the new API.

Gillius