[plt-scheme] Re: image manipulation

The SRFI 4 implementation is actually based on an older version of the 
SGL implementation.  However, I can't think of a sensible way to unify 
them.  The SGL vectors have to be based on the GL typedefs such as 
GLint, GLushort and so on.  The size of these types may vary between 
different GL implementations, but SGL code should not have to worry 
about it.  On the other hand, SRFI 4 arrays have to deal with specific 
sizes to meet the specification.

So what would unifying them mean?  From a PLT maintainer's perspective, 
it would be nice if they shared the same back-end C code.  But at the 
Scheme level, there is a need for the different interfaces they 
provide.

-Scott

On Mar 25, 2004, at 6:30 AM, John Kozak wrote:

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>> FWIW, SRFI 4 provides unboxed arrays of numbers, including 32-bit &
>> 64-bit floating point representations.
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> To sneak in a pet moan of mine, the sgl collect has its own, parallel
> implementation of this - it would be nice if they got unified.
>
> John