Re: [AD] Platform specific functions in A5 [was Re: Windows Addition for Message Parsing]

[Evert Glebbeek <eglebbk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> Evert, you are stuck in my former objective which was to detect
> multiple mice as it it were the only purpose of the patch.
>  The thing I am suggesting does NOTHING to do with mice at all. It's a
> simple function that expands possibilities on the Windows port of
> Allegro. Forget about multiple mice, that's not the issue being
> discussed in the first place.

No, but it's what started the discussion and it provides a neat  
concrete example.
See my other message where I specifically said there's two seperate  
questions here.


> > > So even more platform specific code? "For Windows, use this Allegro
> > > functionality. For other OSs we have to use an external lib." Isn't
> > > the point
> > > of Allegro to provide cross-platform capabilities, without the user
> > > having to
> > > directly use platform-specific libs?
>
> So, want to write an universal all-in-one library that does  
> everything?

(please make it clear whom you're replying to when quoting multiple  
levels of text).

> I knew we could not disagree on everything!

I'm not disagreeing, just wondering if there isn't a better way in  
general that doesn't sacrifice platform neutrality.

Evert