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On 2008-08-22, Guillermo Martínez Jiménez <gmjimen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello everybody.
>
> I've seen that Allegro 4.9 uses the standard C data types. Did you
> discuss about to redefine them as OpenGL does? You know, GLint,
> GLuint, GLbyte, etc. I know it would be a nightmare to change all
> declarations for all functions and structs, but I think the benefits
> would be greater, specially to port the library between different
> platforms (there are versions for the GP2X and Nintendo game consoles)
> and languages. Also the most important and powerful cross-platform
> libraries (OpenGL, GTK+, SDL...) do this so it must be discussed.
I always *hate* when each library defines its own types, for whatever
reason. Am I supposed to use those types or are they just
implementation details? As a user of *two* libraries, whose types do I
adopt? Is FooInt the same as BarInt? Always? Sometimes?
Peter