Re: [AD] alternate entry point for allegro programs

[Chris <kcat@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael Benfield wrote:
> Is the END_OF_MAIN stuff and changing the user's main() function to 
> _mangled_main() really necessary?

The initial reasoning for it was so Allegro games that were compiled in 
DJGPP (DOS) could be compiled in Windows, Unix, and anywhere else with 
minimal change (adding END_OF_MAIN()), and still behave the same. 
Specificly, certain platforms don't handle argv[0] the same, or even 
have the same type of entry function for non-console-based apps. On top 
of this, main itself can have different, yet still valid, type of 
declarations.

I personally, howeever, wouldn't mind deprecating that stuff and use 
something like al_main (with a suitable, yet static, argument list). The 
real entry point would still be main/WinMain, but Allegro would handle 
the entry point differences, call allegro_init, then al_main.

Although I'm not sure how possible this is with Allegro's current 
END_OF_MAIN hacks.

- Kitty Cat