Re: [AD] destroy_bitmap after allegro_exit

[Laurence Withers <lwithers@xxxxxxxxxx>]

In reply to Vincent Penquerc'h <Vincent.Penquerch@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>Static objects are evil
>anyway :)

Hear, hear!

One possible solution:

 void allegro_construct_destruct(int constructing)
 {
     static int count = 0;
     if(constructing && !count++) allegro_init();
     if(!constructing && !--count) allegro_exit();
 }

Then call this in each object's ctor/dtor:

 class global_bitmap {
     private:
         // ...
     public:
         global_bitmap() { allegro_construct_destruct(1); }
         ~global_bitmap() { allegro_construct_destruct(0); }
 };

Of course, you would need to stop Allegro from registering allegro_exit
with atexit(). Is there any way to do this? If not, maybe we should add
one?

Bye for now,
-- 
Laurence Withers, lwithers@xxxxxxxxxx
                http://www.lwithers.demon.co.uk/

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