Hi Kevin, On 05/08/2014 03:25 AM, Kevin Zheng wrote: > GLib is a very useful library that provides portable data structures, > lexical scanners, threads, mutexes, timers, hook functions, and sockets. > Currently it is only used in the GTKv2 client because it is a dependency of > GTK+. I propose that GLib should be a dependency for the entire client.
I like the idea and agree to all your arguments (with one comment below). > 2. GLib will make things more portable. I've been able to get the client > building on Windows again, but it's still very messy, particularly due to > excessive conditional compilation. GLib implements its own portable sockets > that can be used on multiple platforms. We should investigate, whether the socket code should be aligned with the server part. That said, I'm reluctant to make glib a dependency for the server as well. However, I agree that portability (and, thus, better code) should be in the focus. What alternatives do we at least for the socket code have ? As discussed previously, SDL Net could be one such option amongst others. Best regards Tolga Dalman _______________________________________________ crossfire mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.metalforge.org/mailman/listinfo/crossfire
