Re: [Plib-devel] Importers/Exporters

[Steve B. <sjb...@ai...>]

Dave McClurg wrote:

> > SSG really needs a comprehensive ssgGetError() system.
> 
> i'm using a few printfs sprinkled through ssgLoadASE
> to give detailed information.

Ditto.
 
>         ssgGetError() => SSG_ERR_MALFORMED_VERTEX
> 
> is less helpful than
> 
>         foo.ASE, line 6: missing z coordinate
> 
> on the console.  but if you want to spec something out
> i don't mind implementing a more formal error handling method.

I think a formal error handler is needed because SSG gets used
for full-screen graphics where a printout to stderr isn't going
to be noticed.  For a program like PPE, you'd like to stuff the
error message into a dialog box.

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