Re: New Ada binding to OpenGL

["Joachim Schr�er" <joachim.schroeer@web.de>]

Of course you need thick bindings.
When writing greater applications you should encapsulate a
lowlevel library like OpenGL by a general OO framework.
(I've done somethink like this, see www.adapower.com/schroer ,
but that is not documented in detail.)
What I meant is, the (generated) thin binding should be close to
the original. What you build on top of it is another thing.

    J. Schr�er

"Bobby D. Bryant" <bdbryant@mail.utexas.edu> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:pan.2003.01.03.21.57.57.596399@mail.utexas.edu...
> On Mon, 30 Dec 2002 21:50:20 +0100, Joachim Schr�er wrote:
>
> > 3) Generally I would not add anything to the binding or alter the
> > binding generator output more than necessary. It is a thin binding and
> > should represent the original C binding as far as possible (so you can
> > use the C based literature). The only requirements: The binding should
> > work and be platform independed (see remarks below).
>
> Some of us would greatly prefer thick bindings.  IMO GtkAda is the
> paradigm for how this sort of thing should be done.
>
> Sure is a lot of work for something as big as GTK+ or OpenGL, though.
>
> Bobby Bryant
> Austin, Texas