Re: [AD] Proposal for first step towards new api

[Bob <ohannessian@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Grzegorz Godlewski wrote:

> VPh> These two could even get merged:
> VPh> int al_get_device_state(ALDEVICE dev,int which);
>
> I agree. There also should be a function for controling device
> parameters:
> al_set_device_state(ALDEVICE dev,int which,int value);
>
> Device specific function (for instance al_get_device_bitmap) should
> check some flag in AL_DEVICE for it's capability to perform this
> function as well.


This makes Allegro look more and more like Win32. I'm not sure that's a very 
good idea.

Also, about the statically linked version: will hte compiler be smart enough 
to not include the code for setting/getting attributes of objects which 
aren't in use in the user program?



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