Would adding alpha to standard colors cause problems?

[jacdelad]

Hello,
I'm currently working partly with the 2D library and partly with the vector library. The vector library expects colors with an alpha channel; the 2D library can make use of them, but not always. Without opening a discussion about the alpha channel and such: Would it cause problems if the build in colors, like #Red/#Blue/#White..., would already contain the alphachannel (set to opaque, so red would be #Red|$FF000000 and so on)? I mean, could this cause havoc on other libraries (like the console, which doesn't use alpha at all)?

[idle]

if a function wants a 24 bit color it will ignore the alpha channel so no harm in adding the alpha
though there might still be a layout different between Linux and Windows BGRA vs RGBA

So you could define cross platform constants as

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#RedAlpha = #Red | (255<<24)
Debug Hex(#Red) 
Debug Hex(#redA) 

it shouldn't effect have any negative effects then

[jacdelad]

Ah ok. So asking to change build in constants into alpha channel containing ones could make sense? I regularly stumble against the problem of forgetting the alpha channel when using the vector library.

[idle]

Yes it wouldn't hurt though I can't remember if the color constants are defined in Linux.