glxext.h: missing typedef

[jmichaud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Joseph Michaud)]

1) Is glXGetProcAddress() (and glXGetProcAddressARB()) supposed to be
   defined as specified

     void (*glXGetProcAddressARB(const GLubyte *procName))(...)

   or as listed in the current glxext.h file (dated 2002/03/22)

     typedef void (*__GLXextFuncPtr)(void);
     extern __GLXextFuncPtr glXGetProcAddressARB (const GLubyte *);

   I ask because...


2) The __GLXextFuncPtr typedef is unavailable if glxext.h is
   used in conjunction with GL/gl.h.

   The current glxext.h defines the __GLXextFuncPtr typedef and the
   glXGetProcAddress() prototype:


     #ifndef GLX_ARB_get_proc_address
     typedef void (*__GLXextFuncPtr)(void);
     #endif

     #ifndef GLX_VERSION_1_4
     #define GLX_VERSION_1_4 1
     #ifdef GLX_GLXEXT_PROTOTYPES
     extern __GLXextFuncPtr glXGetProcAddress (const GLubyte *);
     #endif /* GLX_GLXEXT_PROTOTYPES */
     typedef __GLXextFuncPtr ( * PFNGLXGETPROCADDRESSPROC) (const GLubyte 
*procName);
     #endif


   Unfortunately, an implementation (such as XFree86-devel-4.2.0-8) which
   defines the glXGetProcAddress() prototype will also define the
   GLX_ARB_get_proc_address macro in GL/gl.h, and the GLXextFuncPtr
   typedef won't get defined, causing a compile error.

   With the latest glxext.h, the following simple source file
   (foo.c) generates an error:
   
     /*
     cc -I. -c foo.c
     
     In file included from foo.c:13:
     glxext.h:362: parse error before `*'
     glxext.h:362: `__GLXextFuncPtr' declared as function returning a function
     */
   
     #include <GL/glx.h>
     #include <glxext.h>
     void foo(void)
     {
         glXGetProcAddress("func");
     }

Joe


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