Re: [AD] END_OF_MAIN removal patch for msvc

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On 2008-11-17, Evert Glebbeek <eglebbk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 17 Nov 2008, at 06:58, Thomas Fjellstrom wrote:
> Who said anything about holding back?
> It's just that ALLEGRO_WITH_MAGIC_MAIN as a configure option is not  
> completely pointless.
> 
> > IMO we should consider END_OF_MAIN not needed for the unix port.
> 
> Except when it is. :P
> I certainly think of END_OF_MAIN() as not being needed on UNIX, but  
> it's not strictly true and that is something to be aware of.
> As I said, it's possible to configure a Linux system in such a way  
> that it is needed. I think at the time I implemented the /proc method  
> for getting the executable path this was the case on Debian, but it's  
> been a while.

What functions in 4.9 still need to magically know the values of argc,
argv?  If there are any, they should be designed out.

Peter





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