Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
From:	tob AT world DOT std DOT com
Subject:	Re: Z-buffering for Allegro (long)
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Sender:	tob AT world DOT std DOT com (Tom Breton)
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Date:	Sat, 13 Sep 1997 04:13:04 GMT
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ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire) writes:
> I suspect the need now is for Allegro to go OO. Yep, Object-oriented, C++.
[...]
> Not to mention, some things like the graphics Vtable and the dialog_proc's
> are pretty object-oriented already, and would lose their awkwardness if
> they became, respectively, virtual functions of a Video class whose
> subclasses are interfaces to specific drivers, and virtual functions of
> dialog_object classes.

C++izing Allegro would clearly take a lot of rewriting. But you have a
point, Allegro simulates C++ features and might feel more natural in
real C++. One option is to write C++ classes with forwarding functions,
much like the "fix" class.

BTW, have you checked out Doug Eleveld's DEGUI?

        Tom

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