Re: [AD] END_OF_MAIN removal patch for msvc

[Thomas Fjellstrom <tfjellstrom@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On November 18, 2008, Peter Wang wrote:
> On 2008-11-18, Thomas Fjellstrom <tfjellstrom@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On November 18, 2008, Peter Wang wrote:
> > > We'd only run the user's code in a new thread if it's actually
> > > necessary.  That means Mac OS X, where we already do that.
> >
> > Why not make it consistent? If allegro has to fire off a thread /anyhow/
> > might as well make it the same code.
>
> I have no real objection to that, except that al_run() should be
> optional where possible.  On the platforms where it's optional, Allegro
> needs to be prepared to spawn a thread for itself anyway.  It'd probably
> be simpler to *always* do that on those platforms.

No. Just like END_OF_MAIN it ISNT optional. (technically you can leave it out 
on some platforms, but then you end up with problems on others). al_run 
shouldn't be either. Its better to be consistent and require a certain api.

> Peter
>
>
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