On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Ron Bielaski wrote:
> I must have missed something, but can someone briefly describe
> why separate glX and gl GetProcAddress interfaces aren't an
> option like their extension string querys?
Because we voted for a context-independent GetProcAddress.
(Not that this forum is necessarily a democracy)
All other gl calls need a context before they can be
called - and gl calls only ever apply to the current
context. When you do context-independent stuff,
you tend to be calling glX functions.
If we had chosen for context-dependant returns (which
is looking more like the better choice in the light of
recent discussions), then having separate gl and glX
calls would make more sense.
It's all a matter of style more than a technical issue.
(But style matters too)
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