I'd already removed the SDL static libraries from libretro builds for
portability, but kept the headers to make it easier to port the codebase
to libretro. Eventually it was time to stop using the SDL headers as a
crutch.
Ruby is not guaranteed to delete bitmaps after any windows, sprites, etc that they are attached to. In the event that the attached object is not deleted before the next call to Graphics.update, this will most likely result in a segfault, as isDisposed() is not guaranteed to return true for a deleted bitmap.
Bitmap::invalid was added in an attempt to guard against this for sprites, but since the bitmap in question is deleted it's not guaranteed that the pointer actually points to null, which made the fix unreliable.