Re: [AD] to prefix or not to prefix (sigh)

["Lo'oRiS il Kabukimono" <_lano_@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> > and we should break backward compatibility *another* time???
> 
> 
> Yes, it's going to have to happen. Allegro was nice when all you had was
> an 
> 8 bit display under DOS, but it's time we grow out of it a bit. Some
> things 
> really do need fixing, and the only reason why it's not being done is 
> because of "backwards compatibility".

this is completely not acceptable.
we *must not* break compatibility 2 times!
and planning it deliberately is terrible!

if we break it we must do 1 single time:
now or never.

> > and *why* more object oriented? remember that allegro should be a C
> > library and that there are people, like me, that code in plain C.
> 
> 
> Um, the issue of object-orientedness is completely orthogonal to the
> issue 
> of C vs C++. Sorry.
> 
> I was thinking of combining all the BITMAPs and the various SPRITEs
> under a 
> single object. draw_sprite vs masked_blit will also need collapsing.
> voices, 
> samples and audiostreams might be rearranged. Input can be combined as a
> single message system (think SDL). And so on.

and i will remember u another time that allegro *is* a C library and
*not* a C++ library. if u and other people want to do a C++ port, ok
not bad, but i hope that Allegro will remain a pure C library, that's
one of the main reasons people use it.

> >>3.9.x can be released at the same time as 4.0, in december, where 5.0
> >>can be 
> >>released a few years later.
> >
> > sounds bad.
> 
> Well, you waited this long for 4.0, so why not?

becouse is not good.



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