Re: pfGeoSet attributes and pfMemory question
John Rohlf (jrohlf++at++tubes)
Sat, 23 Mar 96 9:08:58 PST
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> During database paging, I'm reading a big chunk of data from disk
> and copying all this data in a single pfMemory array. Parts of this data
> contains the various attributes list of pfGeoSets (vertices, tex coords,
> colors and normals).
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> Now I would like to know the risks or consequences involved in setting
> the attributes of my pfGeoSet by giving as argument offsets addresses
> into this big chunk of data. In other workds I'm using a single
> pfMemory for all my pfGeoSet attribute lists instead of using separate ones
> for each attribute lists.
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> In know that in Performer 2.0 it is now highly recommended to use
> pfMalloc to allocate arrays of attribute data but what about the
> use of a single big pfMemory array?
As you say, it's not recommended but it will probably work.
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