Re: [AD] END_OF_MAIN removal patch for msvc

[Thomas Fjellstrom <tfjellstrom@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On November 17, 2008, Evert Glebbeek wrote:
> On 16 Nov 2008, at 22:35, Thomas Fjellstrom wrote:
> > Just that we don't currently have to worry about unix variants that
> > don't
> > support the REST of allegro.
>
> And which of them don't support the rest of Allegro at the moment?

Basically only some BSDs, linux, and possibly SGI's IRIX support GLX/DRI well 
enough to run allegro in its current state.

> > getting the executable name/path is a fairly
> > insignificant part of allegro compared to the input, sound, video and
> > everything else.
>
> Yes, it is (now that we have a better way to get directory paths, not
> necessarily in 4.2/3). That's still completely independent from and
> orthogonal to having support for other things.
> Anyway, thanks for clearing that up - I think I understand what you
> were thinking now. I still question the logic, but that's another
> discussion. ;)

Indeed. It's not something we should ignore long term, but for right now we 
don't need to hold back just because some obscure unix only supports getting 
the exe path through argv. Not really something to worry about.

IMO we should consider END_OF_MAIN not needed for the unix port.

> Evert
>
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