afwlehmann
Sorry for re-opening, but it turns out that the current interval is indeed not updated. I've just checked the source code of the 2.0.3 release again:
163 if (current->canceled) {
164 interval = 0;
165 } else {
166 interval = current->callback(current->interval, current->param);
167 }
168
169 if (interval > 0) {
170 /* Reschedule this timer */
171 current->interval = interval; // <-- this line is missing
172 current->scheduled = tick + interval;
173 SDL_AddTimerInternal(data, current);
174 } else {
According to the documentation: "The callback function is passed the current timer interval and the user supplied parameter from the SDL_AddTimer() call and returns the next timer interval. If the returned value from the callback is 0, the timer is canceled."
If I understand the text correctly, then the current interval should in fact be updated according to the returned value. Otherwise there would be a discrepancy between the next time for which the timer is actually re-scheduled and the value that's passed to the callback once the timer fires again.
This could be fixed by adding line #171.
This allows us to set an explicit stack size (overriding the system default
and the global hint an app might have set), and remove all the macro salsa
for dealing with _beginthreadex and such, as internal threads always set those
to NULL anyhow.
I've taken some guesses on reasonable (and tiny!) stack sizes for our
internal threads, but some of these might turn out to be too small in
practice and need an increase. Most of them are simple functions, though.
- Removed USE_GETTICKCOUNT code; it's never used now.
- Reduced the number of preprocessor checks for WinRT.
- Renamed timeSetPeriod() so it doesn't look like a Win32 API call.
An existing hint lets apps that don't need the timer resolution changed avoid
this, to save battery, etc, but this fixes several problems in timing, audio
callbacks not firing fast enough, etc.
Fixes Bugzilla #2944.
Visual C++ 2013 Update 4 re-introduced the Sleep() function to WinRT apps (for
code that targets Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1). This led to a build
error, as SDL was defining it's own Sleep() function (to make up for the lack
of a public Sleep() function). The fix makes sure that SDL's custom Sleep()
function is only used when Windows' Sleep() is not available.
Many thanks go out to Sergiu Marian Gaina for the fix!
Coriiander
In src\timer\windows\SDL_systimer.c there is an error with regards to timeBeginPeriod and timeEndPeriod. These functions typically get called when no high resolution timer is available, and GetTickCount is not used.
According to MSDN (link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd757624(v=vs.85).aspx), for every call to timeBeginPeriod a subsequent call to timeEndPeriod is required. While SDL is currently doing this, it fails to call timeEndPeriod when cleaning up/shutting down SDL. Please note that these functions affect things on a system level. Failing to call timeEndPeriod, disables applications for using WINMM-timers after usage&shutdown of SDL, as effectively they the mechanism is now broken.
Solution:
Ensure this code gets called when shutting down the timer subsystem:
#ifndef USE_GETTICKCOUNT
if (!hires_timer_available)
{
timeSetPeriod(0);
}
#endif
SDL 2.x recently accepted patches to enable OpenGL ES 2 support via Google's ANGLE library. The thought is to try to eventually merge SDL/WinRT's OpenGL code with SDL-official's.
PoopiSan
Currently on OSX and iOS simulator the values:
mach_base_info.denom = 1
mach_base_info.numer = 1
but on the real iOS device
mach_base_info.denom = 3
mach_base_info.numer = 125
The calculation is made using following formula
mach_base_info.denom / mach_base_info.numer * 1000000
but all values are int32 and the result is casted to int64.
This solves the problem:
return 1.0 * mach_base_info.denom / mach_base_info.numer * 1000000;
SDL_syssem.c:159 comparison of unsigned expression >= 0 is always true
Solved by comparing unsigneds directly
SDL_systimer.c:164: warning: control may reach end of Compile
Solved by returning the default value if all else fails.
SDL_androidgl.c:41:1: warning: type specifier missing, defaults to 'int'
SDL_androidgl.c:47:1: warning: control reaches end of non-void function
Solved by adding void return type to the function implementation
It's a long-dead platform, and we don't have any way to build for, test, or
maintain it, so there's no sense in doing acrobatics to support it.
If you need Windows CE support, use SDL 1.2. If you need Windows Phone support,
send SDL 2.0 patches for the newer Windows Mobile platform.