Bug#602424: elmerfem: More armel qreal trouble

[Adam C Powell IV]

Hello Phil,

On Thu, 2010-11-04 at 22:07 +0000, Phil Endecott wrote:
> Hi Adam,
> 
> I saw your message to debian-arm, a list which I sometimes read but am 
> not subscribed to, hence this off-list reply.  I don't know anything 
> about qt but I have been learning OpenGL recently.  Here's my suggestion:
> 
> inline void glGetQrealv(GLenum e, GLfloat* data) { glGetFloatv(e,data); }
> inline void glGetQrealv(GLenum e, GLdouble* data) { 
> glGetDoublev(e,data); }
> 
> Then replace the calls to glGetDoublev() that want qreals with calls to 
> glGetQrealv().  This should work on platforms where qreal is of either type.

Because I'm not generally a C++ guy, and thus not accustomed to thinking
polymorphically, I had to stare at this for a minute or two before being
convinced that it would work.  But having stared, I can see that it's
brilliant!

Thanks very much, I'll give it a shot.

-Adam
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