i know i know this thread is "a bit" dated, but i was browsing through the old threads and stumbled accross this one.. so here''s what i think:

the way u put it theres no difference between method 1 and method 2, but i guess what u wanted to post as second method is more like:

2.
temp = SDL_LoadBMP("blabla.bmp";
MySurface = SDL_DisplayFormat(temp);
SDL_FreeSurface(temp);

and THAT actually makes a difference.. as far as i know converting a surface with SDL_DisplayFormat() not only converts the surface but creates a new surface with changed specs... therefore if u have "Temp" point to the newly created surface (as u do in ur method 2) u would loose control over the old formatted surface in memory... which would mean a memory leak...

so... by using the mothod i described above u create a surface ( which is referred to by temp) and then convert (ergo create a new converted surface, as explained above) the surface which is referred to by MySurface... difference to ur version is that we have still control about the memory assigned for the old formatted surface through "temp"... which we use in the next step by freeing up this (now) unused memory....

hope that helps,
cucumber

btw: if all that is written above is true i wonder y ur method 2 even worked since u free the surface that is referred to by temp AND MySurface, but leave the old surface in memory...

for christs sake .... u damn smileys get out of my post!
that damn grin is supposed to be a )

you get the idea...

greetz,
cucumber

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