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Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 12:05:25 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Peter Soltesz <soltesz AT hotmail DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: SVGALIB
In-Reply-To: <199804242144.RAA08522@delorie.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.980426120326.19566N-100000@is>
MIME-Version: 1.0

On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Peter Soltesz wrote:

> I have made an interface to handle VBE 1.2 or 2.0 (Linear frame buffer) (VESA BIOS EXTENSIONS)
> It is a simple API to call the VBE. setmode(int x,int y,int bitsperpixel);
                                      ^^^^^^^
I suggest to use a name that is different from `setmode'.  There is 
already a function called `setmode' in the DJGPP libc, which has a 
totally different functionality and calling sequence.  Since Borland's 
compiler has `setmode' as well, you might consider renaming yours, to 
prevent conflicts.

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