Re: [Public WebGL] Last-minute comments/questions for 1.0.1 spec/tests

[Benoit Jacob <bjacob@mozilla.com>]

On 28/11/11 08:17 PM, Kenneth Russell wrote:
> > > 3. Firefox happens to ensure that identical calls to getUniformLocation
> > > return the _same_ WebGLUniformLocation object, but I don't remember if/where
> > > this is mandated by the spec? And if there is a test for that?
> >
> >
> > I don't think there is a test for that nor do I think it's in the spec.
> > Should it be?
>
> It isn't currently in the spec. Similar text could be added as that
> for getExtension().
>
> I don't have a strong opinion about whether to make this change at the
> current time. It seems minor and that it hasn't impacted application
> compatibility. Benoit, if you feel strongly, would you sign up for the
> spec change and the addition to the conformance suite?

I don't feel strongly at all about that. On the contrary, if Chrome 
hasn't been doing this and nobody's every complained about it, it 
probably means that it's not a useful feature. So we should keep the 
spec as-is and I'll remove this feature from Firefox which will also 
simplify code.

Benoit

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