From 640ac101ebc6f2e8a75ada6967f8c0d38c09c04f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Diederick Niehorster Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 03:22:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] note about using near far variable names git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.code.sf.net/p/freeglut/code/trunk/freeglut/freeglut@1631 7f0cb862-5218-0410-a997-914c9d46530a --- README.win32 | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32 index ce7a9ee..87247b1 100644 --- a/README.win32 +++ b/README.win32 @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +NB +================================== +For ancient 16bit compatibility, windef.h (included through windows.h in +freeglut_std.h) defines near and far. Its best to avoid using variables +with these names in your own program. + Installing the Libraries with MSVC ================================== -- 1.7.10.4