Re: [oglbase-discuss] New GLX_ARB_get_proc_address specification

[Stephen J Baker]

On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Jon Leech wrote:

>     I've revised the extension specification (attached) following our
> straw poll to make it a GLX function returning context-independent
> pointers. As a logical consequence the function should return any of GL,
> GLX, or GLU functions.
 
Ack!

Not GLU - programs don't have to link to GLU at all.

If we *do* allow it to return GLU functions, you'll have
to define what happens if GLU isn't linked...and it'll
complicate the implementation quite a bit.

I thought we'd already agreed that a gluGetProcAddress
was absolutely required.

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