Q44054: QuickC: _floodfill May Fail When Filling Color 0

Article: Q44054
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 2.00
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | buglist2.00 | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 18-MAY-1989

The graphics function _floodfill fails under any graphics mode with
more than two colors when all of the following occur:

1. A region enclosed by a border color is filled.

2. A shape with the color of the border color is enclosed within that
   region.

3. The color being _floodfilled is 0.

When _floodfill encounters this enclosed shape, it slows down
considerably. When it completes filling, the program hangs. Executing
the following program demonstrates this problem:

   #include <graph.h>

   #define BORDER 15

   unsigned char mask[] = {255,1,1,1,1,1,1,1};

   void main (void)
    { _setvideomode (_VRES16COLOR);

      /* Draw the border. */
      _setcolor (BORDER);
      _ellipse (_GBORDER,10,10,630,340);

      _setfillmask ((char far *) mask);

      /* Remove drawing this interior shape and the program works. */
      _setpixel (323,84);

      /* This _floodfill is just for looks. */
      _setcolor (2);
      _floodfill (320,190,BORDER);

      _setcolor (0);

      /* This line will slow down and hang. */
      _floodfill (320,190,BORDER);
    }

This problem is not related to the color currently mapped to color 0
(black by default). If you must _floodfill black, remap another color
to black and _floodfill that color. For example, to patch the above
program, replace

   _setcolor (0);

with the following:

   _remappalette (8,_BLACK);
   _setcolor (8);

This also is a problem with Optimizing C Versions 5.00 and 5.10 when
_floodfilling any color under the circumstances described above -- not
just color 0.
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information as
it becomes available.

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