Re: [MiNT] appl_getinfo(APGI_VERSION(=96)) implementation

["Arnaud BERCEGEAY" <arnaud.bercegeay@free.fr>]

Hello,

>  appl_getinfo(96, aes_id, long_name, version, status, arch),

Wow... 5 strings just to describe the name of the AES...

I think we can go down to 3 useful strings, and leave a 4th spare string  
in order to have 4 return values like in most AES functions.

>  where aes_id is the short name, space-padded to fit 8-bytes, for
> example "   XaAES".

good.

i prefer left aligned text (to be homogenous with other AES application  
strings.

> Long_name is a null-terminated string filled with a more descriptive
> info-line, for xaaes now "XaAES - a MultiTasking AES for MiNT".

good.

I think that AES can put in the 3rd string a free string with all the  
informations that may describe the AES, for example the version number,  
the alpha/beta/release status, the target architecture, the compiler used,  
the date of the compilation, etc...
for example: "release 1.23beta for m68k, compiled 25th dec 2004 with gcc  
2.95"

If an application need a particular information (for example the version  
of the AES), then standard appl_getinfo() call (with data returned in  
intout[]) is far better.

so, we get a new appl_getinfo_str() function:

char aes_id[8], aes_name[256], aes_version[256];
appl_getinfo_str(96,aes_id,aes_name,aes_version,NULL);

on the AES side:
control[0]=130
control[1]=1         Elements in intin
control[2]=1         Elements in intout
control[3]=4         Elements in addrin
control[4]=0         Elements in addrout


and with the standard appl_getinfo() function:

short aes_minor, aes_major, aes_status, aes_arch;
appl_getinfo(96,&aes_minor,&aes_major,&aes_status,&aes_arch);

on the AES side:
control[0]=130
control[1]=1         Elements in intin
control[2]=5         Elements in intout
control[3]=0         Elements in addrin
control[4]=0         Elements in addrout


best regards,
Arnaud.