The future of 26-bit OSLib

[Tony van der Hoff]

On 11 Nov 2002, in message <yek7kfktgrn.fsf at dutton.uk.cyberscience.com>,
Tom Hughes <tom at compton.nu> wrote:

> In message <lists.oslib.team/e435b5934b.Tony at mk-net.demon.co.uk>
>         Tony van der Hoff <tony at mk-net.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 
[snip]
> 
> > Question to all: is there any point in continuing to provide the 26-bit
> > ALF? I guess it all depends upon whether people expect processor flags to
> > be preserved across OSLib calls; they shouldn't really, but who knows?
> 
> I think we definitely need it for now. Certainly while RO Ltd are still
> playing silly buggers with the 32 bit library, meaning that people have to
> ship 26 bit builds for Select users.
> 
> I'm certainly planning to carry on building both 26 and 32 bit versions of
> my software for some time.
> 
OK, fine by me, and I know people are saying you can't mix 32 and 26-bit
libraries, but why can't people build a 26-bit application using the OSLib32
ALF, regardless of the SCL? AFAICT the two are entirely independent. Having
said that, I've never tried it...

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