glVertexAttribPointer w/ ByteBuffer containing floats

[NateS]

libgdx has this code for LWJGL:

https://github.com/libgdx/libgdx/blob/master/backends/gdx-backend-lwjgl/src/com/badlogic/gdx/backends/lwjgl/LwjglGL20.java#L695

This is not ideal since asFloatBuffer() allocates. Is there a way to call glVertexAttribPointer without allocating when I have a ByteBuffer that contains float data?

[spasi]

Added an alternative VertexAttribPointer with ByteBuffer data and explicit type parameter. Check the next nightly.

[NateS]

Cool! The following methods are also affected (though I only checked what libgdx uses):

glDrawElements
glColorPointer
glNormalPointer
glTexCoordPointer
glVertexPointer
glColorPointer

[spasi]

I added alternatives for the *Pointer functions, but not for DrawElements. With an explicit type, the count argument would have to be exposed too. I don't think it's worth it, you shouldn't be using anything but short indices anyway.

[NateS]

Sounds good, thanks!