Appease the ESP8266 compiler

Adafruit_SPITFT.cpp

@@ -192,12 +192,27 @@ Adafruit_SPITFT::Adafruit_SPITFT(uint16_t w, uint16_t h,
              need to call subclass' begin() function, which in turn calls
              this library's initSPI() function to initialize pins.
 */
+#if defined(ESP8266) // See notes below
+Adafruit_SPITFT::Adafruit_SPITFT(uint16_t w, uint16_t h, int8_t cs,
+  int8_t dc, int8_t rst) : Adafruit_GFX(w, h),
+  connection(TFT_HARD_SPI), _rst(rst), _cs(cs), _dc(dc) {
+    hwspi._spi = &SPI;
+}
+#else  // !ESP8266
 Adafruit_SPITFT::Adafruit_SPITFT(uint16_t w, uint16_t h, int8_t cs,
   int8_t dc, int8_t rst) : Adafruit_SPITFT(w, h, &SPI, cs, dc, rst) {
     // This just invokes the hardware SPI constructor below,
     // passing the default SPI device (&SPI).
 }
+#endif // end !ESP8266
 
+#if !defined(ESP8266)
+// ESP8266 compiler freaks out at this constructor -- it can't disambiguate
+// beteween the SPIClass pointer (argument #3) and a regular integer.
+// Solution here it to just not offer this variant on the ESP8266. You can
+// use the default hardware SPI peripheral, or you can use software SPI,
+// but if there's any library out there that creates a 'virtual' SPIClass
+// peripheral and drives it with software bitbanging, that's not supported.
 /*!
     @brief   Adafruit_SPITFT constructor for hardware SPI using a specific
              SPI peripheral.
@@ -275,6 +290,7 @@ Adafruit_SPITFT::Adafruit_SPITFT(uint16_t w, uint16_t h, SPIClass *spiClass,
  #endif // end !HAS_PORT_SET_CLR
 #endif // end USE_FAST_PINIO
 }
+#endif // end !ESP8266
 
 /*!
     @brief   Adafruit_SPITFT constructor for parallel display connection.

Adafruit_SPITFT.h

@@ -130,11 +130,13 @@ class Adafruit_SPITFT : public Adafruit_GFX {
     Adafruit_SPITFT(uint16_t w, uint16_t h,
       int8_t cs, int8_t dc, int8_t rst = -1);
 
+#if !defined(ESP8266) // See notes in .cpp
     // Hardware SPI constructor using an arbitrary SPI peripheral: expects
     // width & height (rotation 0), SPIClass pointer, 2 signal pins (cs, dc)
     // and optional reset pin. cs is required but can be -1 if unused.
     Adafruit_SPITFT(uint16_t w, uint16_t h, SPIClass *spiClass,
       int8_t cs, int8_t dc, int8_t rst = -1);
+#endif // end !ESP8266
 
     // Parallel constructor: expects width & height (rotation 0), flag
     // indicating whether 16-bit (true) or 8-bit (false) interface, 3 signal

examples/mock_ili9341/mock_ili9341.ino

@@ -362,4 +362,4 @@ unsigned long testFilledRoundRects() {
   }
 
   return micros() - start;
-}
+}

library.properties

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name=Adafruit GFX Library
-version=1.4.1
+version=1.4.2
 author=Adafruit
 maintainer=Adafruit <info@adafruit.com>
 sentence=Adafruit GFX graphics core library, this is the 'core' class that all our other graphics libraries derive from.