Re: [AD] Function parameter ordering conventions

[Trent Gamblin <trent@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Stephen Apostolopoulos wrote:
> Eh, this is just asking for trouble! You want an interface to be  
> consistent: a new user using al_draw_bitmap should be right to assume that  
> similar functions would work roughly the same (al_put_pixel is similar  
> enough, three parameter, one is a pointer). If the above syntax was used,  
> he would have to make a round-trip to the manual for every single  
> function, because he'd never be sure what the parameter order would be  
> like - not good!

Well it's not entirely inconsistent. The user would only have to 
remember that when drawing bitmaps, the bitmap parameter goes first, and 
when drawing primitives, the color goes last.