[Openal-devel] ALC_ENUMERATE_ALL_EXT and pluggable sound devices

[Stefanos A.]

Την Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:20:27 +0300,ο(η) Guilherme Balena Versiani  
<guibv at comunip.com.br> έγραψε:

> Hello people,
>
> Following the division of the problem, that seems we all agreed, I would  
> like to concentrate on the device listing only, and let the device  
> notification for another discussion.
>
> We have two solutions until now:
>
>     1) alcGetString always returns a "fresh" list of the available  
> devices, in a way opposite to the current Router behavior that is to  
> save a list in static memory and return the same list for every  
> subsequent call;

This is what ALC_EXT_disconnect does. Read the spec here:  
http://icculus.org/alextreg/wiki/ALC_EXT_disconnect

>     2) The application must call ALC_EXT_disconnect to force the list to  
> be cleaned up.

You don't "call" ALC_EXT_disconnect. Your implementation either supports  
it or it doesn't. If this extension is supported, the behavior of  
alcGetString() and alcGetIntegerv is modified as per the extension spec.