From: AndrewJ <luminous-is AT REMOVE DOT home DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Some minor questions...
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On Mon, 11 Sep 2000 14:48:07 GMT, Damian Yerrick
<Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p> wrote:

>>You should check the return values of all functions (within reason), regardless
>>of whether they are libc functions or external library functions.
>
>allegro_init() will exit() to the caller if it can't initialize the
>system.  install_timer() and install_keyboard() are also guaranteed
>to work on all DOS, POSIX, and Win32 platforms (which is what Allegro
>runs under).

In the context of C, exit() (note the parentheses, implying the libc function)
returns to the system (the os), not the caller (the function that called it).
Was that a typo?

Also, on a PC, very little is /guaranteed/. :)

-- 
AndrewJ