Re: Overloading procedures with Float and Long_Float types

[Gautier Write-only <gautier@fakeaddress.nil>]

Luke Guest:

> Hmmm, this will also mean, that glVertex[234][is] wil cause problems here
> (integer vertices). I also don't think it makes sense design wise to move
> them into separate packages for int, short, float, double, as some apps
> would like to mix them.
> 
> Maybe a good compromise here would be to either:
> 
> 1) Not use overloading, and postfix the procedure call with the type, a la
> OpenGL [FD], or
> 2) Move into separate packages and overload on number of parameters, a la
> OpenGL [234].

With 1) you can overload on the number of parameters, too.
What I do for OpenGL with is not to use a suffix for
'd' and 'i' (used more) and keep them for 's' and 'f'.

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