From: ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire)
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Subject: Re: Allegro GUI
Date: 10 Aug 1997 08:18:33 GMT
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I notice that the fixeds in Allegro are replaced with a fix class in C++
because of #ifdef _cpluspluses in the allegro.h file. I am curious if the
same can be done for those GUI objects. They are an example of object
oriented design in the absence of C++: they work but are ugly and
cruftiferous compared to their (hypothetical for now) C++ counterparts (No
offense to Shawn, I am sure it's the best objective GUI that can be
made...using plain C).
I guess this needs to be added to the wishlist for Allegro 3.0...

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