Sdl 2.0.7 prerelease!

SDL Development
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We’re turning around a quick update to SDL, fixing audio quality and memory corruption in the audio resampler and a few other changes in SDL 2.0.7.

Please check out the PRERELEASE build here:
http://www.libsdl.org/tmp/download-2.0.php

Please report any issues or regressions in bugzilla:
http://bugzilla.libsdl.org

There will also be an update to SDL_mixer coming soon, needed with SDL 2.0.6.

In addition to the resampler improvements, here are the API changes for this release:

  • Added functions to query and set the SDL memory allocation functions:
    SDL_GetMemoryFunctions()
    SDL_SetMemoryFunctions()
    SDL_GetNumAllocations()
  • Added locking functions for multi-threaded access to the joystick and game controller APIs:
    SDL_LockJoysticks()
    SDL_UnlockJoysticks()
  • The following functions are now thread-safe:
    SDL_SetEventFilter()
    SDL_GetEventFilter()
    SDL_AddEventWatch()
    SDL_DelEventWatch()

Cheers!

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Which function should be protected by SDL_LockJoysticks()? I see that most functions call SDL_LockJoysticks() themselves.

A comment in SDL_JoystickUpdate() even says: “Make sure the list is unlocked while dispatching events to prevent application deadlocks”. So, which function should not be protected by SDL_LockJoysticks()?

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I’d need to check specifics but a couple of days ago the iOS Xcode project file was broken in regard to some joystick stuff. Probably some new files not included.

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This function allows you to make multiple calls to joystick info functions like SDL_JoystickNameForIndex(), SDL_JoystickGetDeviceGUID(), etc., guaranteeing that the list won’t change in between calls if a user happens to plug in or unplug a controller at just the right time.

It’s only needed if you’re pumping SDL events on a different thread than you’re calling joystick functions, so most applications shouldn’t need to worry about this.

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This has been updated and, if there aren’t any showstoppers, will go live shortly:
http://www.libsdl.org/tmp/download-2.0.php

Changes:

  • Added audio stream conversion functions:
    SDL_NewAudioStream
    SDL_AudioStreamPut
    SDL_AudioStreamGet
    SDL_AudioStreamAvailable
    SDL_AudioStreamFlush
    SDL_AudioStreamClear
    SDL_FreeAudioStream
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This has been release, thanks!
http://www.libsdl.org/download-2.0.php

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The link for the Windows 32bit runtime binary does not work

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Once again we have a rushed release, with inadequate testing. Will the maintainers of SDL never learn? I, for one, have lost all confidence in it.

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Thanks. For some reason the page was trying to serve you code for win32-x87 :slight_smile: