From: kutch AT moop DOT csse DOT muroran-it DOT ac DOT jp (Patrick G. Kutch)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Compiler  bug in Allegro?  Shawn, DJ?
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 00:14:18 GMT
Organization: Muroran Institute of Technology
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tob AT world DOT std DOT com wrote:

>Most dialogs start with d_clear_proc, which generally has a box that
>covers the entire screen. I'm pretty sure those examples you mentioned
>do. So *anywhere* on your screen, the mouse will think it has hit the
>d_clear_proc object. Ergo, your change would almost always finger the
>first object, which is practically useless.

>I suggest simply running the loop backwards, as another poster
>suggested, which will recreate the previous logic.

>        Tom

I bow my head in shame.  After posting this question, I returned home
and kept thinking about the problem and of course realized exactly
what has been said in the previous posts.

Apologies to Shawn and DJ for daring to blemish their respective code
:-).

- Patrick