Michael Gogins wrote:
> 
> I second the motion for platform-specific MIDI files. 

I agree, that in that it is better to sepearate out the platform
specifics into a few (few as possible!) source files, then provide
platform specific versions of those filess.

 
MG again:
>It could be done as
> follows. 


Arggh! What are you suggesting? I suppose you are volunteering to
implement this change, test it, and submit it to John Fitch?

There is no need to change the design at all. Usually, when you have
platform specific source files, they simply provide a common set of
global functions. This could in fact, as a first draft, be done almost
mechanically by generating the platform-specific files from
pre-pre-processed (!) versions of the original multi-platform filee. I
totally don't understand the reason for your proposal, unless it is to
clean up the code and redesign it, in which case, IMO, that goal is
orthogonal to the problem at hand.

Larry