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Re: [ft-devel] Request: Extend compatibility to C++/CLI


From: David Turner
Subject: Re: [ft-devel] Request: Extend compatibility to C++/CLI
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:14:57 +0200

Hello Matt,

forget about any changes to any public FreeType header files, this
is *not* going to happen.

You'd better use a trick like '#define  generic _generic' before
including the headers and see if it works.

Hope this helps,

- David

On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 02:51:07 -0400, "Matt Stewart" <address@hidden> said:
> There are a few occurrences of a member object being named "generic".
> Because that is a keyword in C++/CLI, it cannot be used in any C++/CLI
> project.  The culprits are all in freetype.h, the structures:
> FT_FaceRec_, FT_SizeRec_, and FT_GlyphSlotRec_.
> 
> If the name of these could simply be changed, Freetype would be (at
> least more) compatible with C++/CLI.  (There *may* be other issues but
> I am only aware of this one at the moment.)
> 
> I am aware that Freetype may not have been written to support CLI, but
> it is a relatively minor change, and the usability of the library
> would increase significantly.
> 
> Matt
> 
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