[SDL] Handling a large number of image files

[Alvin]

On Monday 14 May 2007 18:57:43 Tom Davies wrote:
> Thanks for the tips. I am playing around with IMG_ReadXPMFromArray, and so
> far
> everything compiles okay but it crashes as soon as I call that function and
> I can't
> figure out why. I will continue to play around with it and try and debug
> the problem
> though. Thanks!

I had this same problem with SDL_image and IMG_ReadXPMFromArray. I had to 
revert to version 1.2.4. I use openSUSE, so the exact version I had to revert 
to is 1.2.4-16.

I cannot recall the exact details of the problem, but I do remember that 
IMG_ReadXPMFromArray calls another function that does all the work 
(IMG_ReadXPMFromArray  is just a wrapper).  Anyway, the "other" function that 
is called is called with NULL as its 2nd parameter. The 2nd parameter is then 
used with RWops which is where the crash comes from.

With SDL_image 1.2.4, the implementation of this "other" function is different 
and so the 2nd parameter being NULL doesn't cause a crash.

Well, having said all this I decided not to be so lazy, so I checked 
SDL_image's SVN. Sure enough, it looks like icculus (Ryan G?) fixed the bug 
in February 2007. Try upgrading your version of SDL_image. If that doesn't 
work and you do not want to install from SVN (i.e. want distro RPMs), then 
you can try to downgrade to SDL_image version 1.2.4.

Alvin