Re: [AD] Old problems that still persist on Allegro 4.2 beta 3

[Peter Wang <tjaden@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2005-05-31, Evert Glebbeek <eglebbk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > How to proceed with integration also depends on how much we actually
> > want to pull in from AllegroGL.  This in turn depends on whether we want
> > to retain compatibility for existing AllegroGL programs,
> 
> That is a good point that I somehow hadn't considered.

Actually, it depends how many non-trivial AllegroGL programs are out
there and whether any of them use more "advanced" aspects of AllegroGL.
If they just need a way to create a window and thereafter not much at
all, sod it.

> In a broader sense, this does not only apply to AllegroGL but to other
> addons that use Allegro's internals as well: the internal structure of the
> library will be completely different and the addon will need to be adjusted
> or possibly rewritten to work with 4.3 and up.

I don't think all that many other addons *need* internals, luckily.

Peter