In 1.8.5 it is now possible to reference directly to enum member.
Hooray! Also added explicit @ref here and there, fixing some referencing
bugs along the way.
Passing pointer as function parameter will now mean that it is possible
to pass `nullptr`. Some code examples now look like the parameter is
copied instead of referenced, which is misleading. Updated the
documentation to reflect that more clearly.
Makes some cases less consistent (and some convenience shortcuts
impossible), but goes well with the attitude "don't use pointer when it
can't be null".
Separated EXT_framebuffer_object, EXT_framebuffer_blit,
EXT_framebuffer_multisample and EXT_packed_depth_stencil don't have the
same functionality as ARB_framebuffer_object (e.g. missing
GL_FRAMEBUFFER_UNDEFINED in glCheckFramebufferStatus()) and separated
read/draw binding is only in EXT_framebuffer_blit, which complicates the
internals.
Checked with Mesa 8/9 and OpenGL 2.1, current one has
ARB_framebuffer_object and also all these four, Mesa 7.7 didn't have
EXT_framebuffer_multisample, but that's a long time ago, so not
supporting these separate extensions shouldn't be an issue.
The problem with unavailable separate binding points remains on OpenGL
ES 2.0, there are three different extensions bringing that
functionality, thus the code managing the available binding points
remains there.
Advantages:
* The enums were large (600-800 lines) and they polluted the header,
now they are in separate files (except for BufferTexture, which has
the enum small enough to be left in the same file).
* Image classes now don't need to include OpenGL headers, as they were
needed only for the enum values. With advantage of C++11's forward
enum declarations there is no need to include the enum headers
anywhere in implementation, only when particular values are needed.
* The values are now less verbose:
AbstractTexture::InternalFormat::RGB8 // before
TextureFormat::RGB8 // now
* Resolved another "trivial choice" problem (thanks @JanDupal for
introducing this term to me): how to specify the format if there are
ten ways to do it (some being massively confusing):
Image2D::Format f = AbstractImage::Format::RGB; // too long...
Image2D::Format f = Image3D::Format::RGBA; // why 3D? this works?
Image2D::Format f = BufferImage1D::Format::RGBA; // wat?
It is even worse (and more verbose) with textures:
Texture2D::InternalFormat f =
CubeMapTextureArray::InternalFormat::RGB8; // this is allowed?
To have consistent naming this change was done also with
BufferTexture::InternalFormat (now BufferTextureFormat), although there
were no trivial choice issues and the enum isn't too large. But at least
it is now less typing.
There will be more parameters like row length etc. which would need to
be passed too. This function now expects properly formatted empty image
which it fills with data.
Robust *Framebuffer::read() access, ability to query robust buffer
access behavior in Context::flags(), ability to check graphics reset
status and reset notification policy in Renderer.
Framebuffer::attach*() doesn't need the target at all (meaning the
attachment will be used for both reading and drawing), another
misunderstanding on my side.
Now the extension is used on all places where it can be used (except for
unimplemented features).
It prevents unwanted implicit conversions from e.g. nullptr to Camera,
Vector2 to Physics::Point etc. By making all the constructors explicit
it is easier to routinely add the keyword to all new classes instead of
thinking about cases when to add and when not to.
Viewport position and size is managed separately for each framebuffer
and glViewport() is called in bind() (and also from setViewport(), if
the framebuffer is currently bound) if the viewport differs from
current state. If used only one framebuffer size through whole
application lifetime, glViewport() doesn't need to be called at all.
Default framebuffer is now accessible throught defaultFramebuffer global
variable, named framebuffers are handled the same way as before. All
operations (clear, setViewport, blit, read) now are member functions
so they cannot be mistakenly used when unwanted framebuffer is bound.
Further rework (DSA, state tracking...) is on the way.
Vladimír Vondruš