[Openal-devel] Map/Unmap API

[E. Wing]

On 8/16/09, Chris Robinson <chris.kcat at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sunday 16 August 2009 5:19:36 am Erik Hofman wrote:
>> How about Directbuffer instead of Databuffer?
>> It'll probably reflect the intentions a bit better.
>
> It's a bit longer, but it's not bad. Either could work I guess, so does
> anyone
> else have an opinion?


Conceptually, how do see this extension in comparison to the
alBufferDataStatic extension that Apple and Creative Labs/Xbox 360 (I
hear) support? If they overlap, perhaps their terminology needs to be
factored in?

Also, "DirectBuffer" worries me a little because it may imply things
about "faster performance" when I suspect that it may really depend on
the implementation. I know with SDL, a lot of newbies like to pick the
HW_SURFACE flag for their video surfaces thinking it will be faster
than SW_SURFACE, but enough time has passed that it is almost always
the case that SW_SURFACE is faster and better.

Thanks,
Eric