Re: [pygame] Pygame for SDL 2, and how it may look.

[Leif Theden <leif.theden@xxxxxxxxx>]

While I have not personally tested it, there seems to be more evidence that windows can contain (use?  manage?) more than one Renderer:

https://forums.libsdl.org/viewtopic.php?t=10187&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15&sid=3fe959dc04bb7cd484c3ee453df8f5de

I'll just stop the back-and-forth and say that I don't support RendererWindow, but I support separate Window and Renderer objects.

On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 11:12 PM, Lenard Lindstrom <len-l@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello,

On 17-04-19 04:26 PM, Leif Theden wrote:

While I can understand why you wouldn't like the create_XXXX syntax, I'm not convinced that combining the window and the renderer makes sense for the API.  As was mentioned, a window can have multiple renderers (or none at all!), so I'm not sure what combining them together grants for pygame users.

No, a window can have only one renderer at a time. And a renderer will have only one window in its lifetime.

However, after a bit of experimenting I find a window can have both a renderer and a display surface. This does support a separate window object. Whether or not it is useful, I don't know.

Anyway, I am still getting a handle on SDL 2, so don't favor any particular approach yet.


Lenard Lindstrom