Re: (Re: [AD] Shawn's thoughts about new Allegro) readkey return val

[Bob <ohannessian@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Martijn Versteegh wrote:

> IMHO it is not a good idea for a function as used as ofthen as readkey
> to return a complex type.
>
> I think it would be better to just return the scancode of the key,
> and create a function al_acii_from_scancode(SCANCODE)
> (just using the current al_key_shifts value.



I'd agree, except for that fact that the current key_shifts may not be the 
key_shifts at the time the key was pressed. There could be delays on the 
order of seconds (see previous post to Gillius).


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