Re: [AD] object_message() and scare_mouse()

[Evert Glebbeek <eglebbk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> There is a flaw in scare_mouse_area(). Here are the problematic code:
> freeze_mouse_flag freezes the mouse cursor and simultaneously blocks 
mouse_x 
> and mouse_y at the latest position of the cursor. Theoretically fine. But 
> freeze_mouse_flag may be set to TRUE *after* the test in update_move() 
has 
> passed and *before* the test in mouse_move() has passed, leading to 
mouse_x 
> and mouse_y being updated but not the pointer. Therefore the mouse may 
not be 
> scared while the pointer and the drawing area overlap.

Amazing! I think I ran into this a while ago in Linux, but I assumed it was 
my own code that was broken in some way. I'll see if this also fixes my 
own code (when I have time).