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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>
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Subject: Re: Access type conversions, how?
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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.