Re: [AD] yield_timeslice

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On Tuesday 16 March 2004 07:01, aj wrote:
> one argument i have heard is that  the new behaviour will do-its-thang  for
> already compiled apps, but just how many apps will be released on the
> 4.1.13 lib built from old source code ?   surely we could remove the
> name  yeild_timeslice  so anyone re-compiling older source for the 4.1.13
> lib will be forced to change the source to either sleep_minimum_timeslice()
> [or whatever the new names are].

Say User 1 has used Allegro 4.0.3 to write a game, and has released all source 
code. User 2 is new to Allegro, installs Allegro 4.1.13, downloads User 1's 
game, and tries to compile it. He gets errors, and because Allegro is 
unfamiliar, doesn't feel able to fix them. He gives up.

No thanks.

Ben




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