Re: [clutter] Asynchronous Lazy Actor and Containers API design

2007/8/27, Matthew Allum <mallum@openedhand.com>:
>
> Hi;
> One idea I've had is a ClutterTextureProxy which would release texture
> memory under
> defined conditions (i.e goes to position offscreen) by unrealizing an
> underlying texture to free memory but still behave API wise like it was
> still there. Still thinking about this..

That would be pretty useful, at the end of the day, clutter is all about
hiding low level complexity to the API user. I think I'm going to focus
into the

I think I'm going to focus on the AsyncActor and the PendingTaskActor for
now, and if we can figure out what to do with the memory thing, I would
straighforward for it.

For very high level and very specific
> functionality we've talked about creating a separate clutter-extras or
> some such package.

Good idea, I don't really want to put it upstream rather than putting it in
a visible place so people can take advantage of it if it results into
something useful.

Many thanks;

Np, thanks for the input.

  -- Matthew
>
>

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Un saludo,
Alberto Ruiz
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<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">2007/8/27, Matthew Allum &lt;<a href="mailto:mallum@openedhand.com">mallum@openedhand.com</a>&gt;:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi;<br>&nbsp;One idea I&#39;ve had is a ClutterTextureProxy which would release texture memory under<br>defined conditions (i.e goes to position offscreen) by unrealizing an<br>underlying texture to free memory but still behave API wise like it was
<br>still there. Still thinking about this..</blockquote><div><br>That would be pretty useful, at the end of the day, clutter is all about hiding&nbsp; low level complexity to the API user. I think I&#39;m going to focus into the 
<br><br>I think I&#39;m going to focus on the AsyncActor and the PendingTaskActor for now, and if we can figure out what to do with the memory thing, I would straighforward for it.<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
For very high level and very specific<br>functionality we&#39;ve talked about creating a separate clutter-extras or<br>some such package.</blockquote><div><br>Good idea, I don&#39;t really want to put it upstream rather than putting it in a visible place so people can take advantage of it if it results into something useful.
<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Many thanks;</blockquote><div><br>Np, thanks for the input. <br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
&nbsp;&nbsp;-- Matthew<br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Un saludo,<br>Alberto Ruiz
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