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| -rw-r--r-- | engines/advancedDetector.h | 14 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/engines/advancedDetector.h b/engines/advancedDetector.h index 2c7d9cc497..d43462b81d 100644 --- a/engines/advancedDetector.h +++ b/engines/advancedDetector.h @@ -171,8 +171,18 @@ protected: /** * Name of single gameid (optional). * - * If set, the target ID will always be set to this one. Probably useful - * for engines with few game targets. + * If set, the target ID will always be set to this one. Currently, it is a + * necessary evil to avoid polluting the global namespace with loads of IDs. + * Needed for engines that define a lot of game targets, so that there won't + * be a situation where two different engines define the same game ID. + * + * FIXME: Remove this field altogether! This is a temporary (and ugly) + * workaround to a more generic problem. + * + * TODO: A more correct way to do this would be to distinguish targets with + * a singleid-gameid combination, so that there will never be a duplicate + * game ID across different engines. + * */ const char *_singleid; |