OpenGL.GL.ARB.map_buffer_range

OpenGL extension ARB.map_buffer_range

This module customises the behaviour of the OpenGL.raw.GL.ARB.map_buffer_range to provide a more Python-friendly API

Overview (from the spec)

ARB_map_buffer_range expands the buffer object API to allow greater performance when a client application only needs to write to a sub-range of a buffer object. To that end, this extension introduces two new buffer object features: non-serialized buffer modification and explicit sub-range flushing for mapped buffer objects.

OpenGL requires that commands occur in a FIFO manner meaning that any changes to buffer objects either block until the data has been processed by the OpenGL pipeline or else create extra copies to avoid such a block. By providing a method to asynchronously modify buffer object data, an application is then able to manage the synchronization points themselves and modify ranges of data contained by a buffer object even though OpenGL might still be using other parts of it.

This extension also provides a method for explicitly flushing ranges of a mapped buffer object so OpenGL does not have to assume that the entire range may have been modified. Further, it allows the application to more precisely specify its intent with respect to reading, writing, and whether the previous contents of a mapped range of interest need be preserved prior to modification.

Affects ARB_vertex_buffer_object, ARB_pixel_buffer_object and OpenGL 1.5 Buffer Objects.

The official definition of this extension is available here: http://www.opengl.org/registry/specs/ARB/map_buffer_range.txt