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From: "Luke A. Guest" <laguest@n_o_p_o_r_k_a_n_d_h_a_m.abyss2.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Access type conversions, how?
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 09:08:29 +0100
Date: 2004-04-13T09:08:29+01:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <pan.2004.04.13.08.08.29.242300@n_o_p_o_r_k_a_n_d_h_a_m.abyss2.demon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 107mgcjspsour11@corp.supernews.com

On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 20:25:23 -0500, Randy Brukardt wrote:

> Ready for a head slapping moment? :-)
> 
> GLfloatPtr points at a GLFloat (a C.C_Float), the 'Unchecked_Access points
> at a (Standard.)Float. These aren't the same type! They don't even need to
> be the same size (although they will be in practice), so you can't convert
> the access type.
> 
> If Object was declared "... of aliased GLFloat" everything should be fine.

Well, I know that! But, I don't want to have different Matrix types
for different platforms, and that's essentially what that will mean.

Luke.




  reply	other threads:[~2004-04-13  8:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-04-13  0:32 Access type conversions, how? Luke A. Guest
2004-04-13  1:25 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-04-13  8:08   ` Luke A. Guest [this message]
2004-04-13 15:11     ` chris
2004-04-13 16:01       ` Luke Guest
2004-04-13 17:54         ` chris
2004-04-13 19:31           ` Luke A. Guest
2004-04-13 22:51             ` Luke A. Guest
2004-04-13 21:59               ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2004-04-14 11:53                 ` Luke Guest
2004-04-14 12:07                   ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2004-04-14 13:36             ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-04-14 17:37               ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-04-13 14:57 ` zhenglonggen
2004-04-14  7:45   ` Martin Dowie
2004-04-14 11:49     ` Luke Guest
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