Re: [linux-opengl-base] [oglbase-discuss] Re: draft spec for GL_EXT_get_proc_address

[Thomas Roell]

In your message of 9 September 1999 you write:

> On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Thomas Roell wrote:
> 
> > >     Also, an emerging use of wglGetProcAddress() is to return pointers
> > > to OpenGL 1.2 core functions. While this exact scenario is unlikely to
> > > arise on Linux, we should still be very clear up front about whether
> > > non-EXT functions can be queried.
> > 
> > Please let's avoid this. It would be intresting to know as to why
> > people are using this approach.
>  
> <sigh> I seem to have spent all day patiently explaining this.

I'll buy into that. Now that I understand that there is a reason to
have that feature, it makes sence.

- Thomas
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