Sven,
Decoupling basic primitives for geometric modelling from OpenGL would be
useful. For our work on data visualization
(www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/funvis/) we introduced our own coordinate
primitives for 2D and 3D (Coord2D and Coord3D), along with a simple
typeclass for vector-like operations. As with HOpenGL, the constructors
are strict. In addition to abstracting from spatial dimension, we were
also thinking about different coordinate systems, e.g. polar, spherical,
although we never developed this direction.
Nevertheless, I'd be happy to see some proposals for a sensible, compact
vector math package. Probably we can fulfill most of the common use cases with
something simple.
Even just data constructors and instances of these within Functor and
Applicative are a useful starting point. If you wanted a type class to
support vector maths, most of the standard graphics texts have an annex
on vector operations; if your aim is a compact set of operations
sufficient for OpenGL/AL, these would seem a sensible starting point -
happy to summarise the contents of the texts on my shelf, but I doubt
the list is surprising.
regards,
David
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School of Computing W: www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/djd/
University of Leeds T: +44 113 3436800
Leeds, LS2 9JT, U.K.
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