Re: Version queries

> > [...] I propose the following:
> >
> >    * Specify exactly what AL_VERSION should mean (including its syntax) 
> > and
> >      keep that query in the spec. To keep OpenGL's spirit it should 
> > really
> >      denote the OpenAL spec version, not the version of implementation.
> >      The latter can be queried by AL_RENDERER/AL_VENDOR (see OpenGL).
> >
> >    * Add AL_MAJOR_VERSION and AL_MINOR_VERSION integer queries, which 
> > again
> >      denote the OpenAL spec version. This duplicates functionality, but
> >      might be a little bit easier to use (although I seriously doubt that
> >      parsing a string with a primitive syntax would pose any problems to
> >      people writing networked 3D games using more than 3GB on my hard 
> > disk... :-).
> >    * Deprecate ALC_MAJOR_VERSION and ALC_MINOR_VERSION.
> Any opinions here? It is a quite defensive change, but I fear it might get 
> lost
> in what will be know as the "Unit Wars" to our grandchildren...
>
> Cheers,
>     S.
Seems fine to me. Note that the GL_VERSION string does include 
implementation version info though. I'd be happiest if we matched the GL 
spec for it. I can see a desire for the integer queries too though, if only 
to help people avoid bad code (even though they should read the spec 
properly :-p).
The ALC tokens though might still be useful. Can we query a device's version 
number without having to make a context? The type of alcGetIntegerv implies 
so. In which case the ALC tokens would be handy during device enumeration.
Andrew