RE: [AD] Alleg5 - new driver structure idea

["Vincent Penquerc'h" <Vincent.Penquerch@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Title: RE: [AD] Alleg5 - new driver structure idea

I agree with this, and would like to add some comments:

>     float version;       /* Version of this function */

float ?

>     char *driver;        /* ID of which driver type this really is */

Maybe as an Allegro ID instead (eg unsigned int) ?
There should also be a identification string, so one can search
and recognize a particular driver (useful for drivers loaded off
shared libraries). So a fancy name and an id name. Version info
should not be in this id name, but should be put in the version
field, so one can search for a particular driver with at least
version x.y.z for instance.

> int al_register_driver(AL_DRIVER_VTABLE *driver);

also consider:
AL_DRIVER_VTABLE al_load_driver(const char *filename, int version);
for loading drivers from shared libraries.

>     "Direct Draw 7 / Windows",

Allegro's own drivers should say so, though this would be only
really mattering in the id name, not the fancy name.

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Vincent Penquerc'h