Re: [AD] A small bugfix in allegro_exit

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On 2003-06-02, Vincent <Vincent.Penquerch@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Speaking of which, does anyone know the rationale to use
> constructor routines with GCC ? It means stuff is called before
> allegro_init is called, which is not very friendly.

To reduce the size of statically linked programs by not pulling in
unused modules.

> Also, it means that the image loader/saver list, for instance,
> is cleaned to the start state (eg, PCX/TGA/BMP/LBM), and not
> entirely.
> That's the only leak Fortify is reporting, and it tarnishes my
> log file ;)

There's a --disable-constructors or something like that.  I don't know
if anyone has tested it recently.

-- 
王浩禎




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