Re: [Plib-devel] 32 bit integer button limit

[Andy R. <an...@pl...>]

Steve Baker wrote:
 > Look: the problem with supporting more than 32 buttons is
 > that only one guy with only one application needs it

No, this is actually a rather common stick.  It is comparatively
inexpensive.  You can buy them at retail stores pretty much
everywhere.  I have one too.  It's the follow-on product to a
very successful stick (the X-45) that I've recommended to many
FlightGear users over the past several years.

Sorry, but the 32 button limit is a real problem affecting real
people, and one for which you guys need to come up with a
solution.  The bitmask was a poor API choice, and isn't scaling
to common joystick hardware.  You can't brush this one under the
rug via an invocation of KISS, sorry.

Andy