Re: [AD] Proposed changes for Allegro 5 (6?)

[Bob <ohannessian@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Eric Botcazou wrote:

> > > Message based (see SDL) (about input)
> > In addition to the current API, right ?
>
> And you need to poll ?
> Gosh ! ;-) All the complexity in the Windows port comes precisely from
> hiding the message-driven nature of the OS. I think we'd better use a
> slot/callback design.


Can we also get timestamps on events? We implemented such a scheme in SUUTB, 
so that the input module would catch as many events as possible, without 
losing keys, ignoring user input, or making the game too slow to run.
Also, you have to poll the joystick anyway :)




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