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On 2002-06-20, Evert <eglebbk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Let me see if I understand this: I need to install a handler for the close
> request that sets a flag I need to check from my main code. I should not
> call exit() from the handler, since I assume this is what Allegro itself
> does, right?
Yes. Notice the subtle hypocrisy, since the documentation warns
specifically against doing that.
> More generally though, without trapping the event in user code, the close
> button can never assure a clean shutdown, so IMHO the default handler
> should simply be to ignore the close request.
Exactly.
> IIRC, this used to be the default at some point during the 3.9.xx WIP
> series. I don't really think it's a regression to change behavior that now
> results in a crash into an ignore, but as I said, that's just IMHO.
Maybe. It might be safer to put in some REALLY LOUD AND OBVIOUS
DOCUMENTATION warning of the future change first.
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王浩禎