Re: [Hwgui-developers] Anothers problems with -DHWG_USE_POINTER_ITEM

[Alexander S.K. <al...@be...>]

> 
>        This conversion of pointers to numeric values ( HWG_PTRTOULONG()
>     function ), which is used everywhere in the code creates those problems
>     with focus, colors, etc.
>        HwGUI 2.16c is free of this problem, this is one of the reasons why I
>     suggest to get it as a base. It isn't ideal :), but it is much more
>     clean.
> 
> 
> I already agreed with you and it seems to be the only way to have hwgui 
> working good.
> I think that's better to add on a rocky base the new features, than to 
> patch erratically a collapsing building.

   Just to be understood correctly. 2.16c isn't free of problems, 
related to pointers, it's free of those conversion and some other 
issues. It's much more simple to clean it than the current SVN code.

> All the contributions of Basso and Culik since 2.16c could be 
> implemented after purging them of pointers bugs. 

  Not only pointers.

> I'm trying to resume what, after 2.16c, was a patch and what a new feature.
> Maybe applying the introduced patches, before to add the enhancements, 
> could be the right way.

  I've introduced there all patches in .c sources and headers.

Regards, Alexander.