Re: [AD] END_OF_MAIN removal patch for msvc

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On November 19, 2008, Peter Wang wrote:
> On 2008-11-19, Thomas Fjellstrom <tfjellstrom@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On November 18, 2008, Peter Wang wrote:
> > > No.  I may want to use Allegro in an environment where my code is not
> > > allowed to block in al_run().  I know it might not work on certain
> > > platforms, but that's my choice to make.
> >
> > All I really care about is making the api consistent. Meaning the actual
> > code the user has to write is identical on all supported platforms. None
> > of this "I don't have to do it here, so I won't, even if it isn't
> > compatible with other supported platforms".
>
> So you want to artificially prevent me from using Allegro in some
> situations because it might not be portable to some brain dead platform
> that I don't care about?  Right.

How would either al_run or END_OF_MAIN stop you from doing something?

> Peter
>
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