New and Delete in FB?

[relsoft]

v1c: I know allocate does that but it behaves like malloc. I'm experimenting with Vertax buffers and NEW/DELETE are better suited for them instead of malloc as I wan't to do this:

Code:

Type vertex3d
      x as glfloat
      y as glfloat
      z as glfloat
End type


Type VA
     m_nNumverts as gluint
     m_pVerts as vertex3d ptr
End type

dim vb as VA ptr

vb = Allocate(Len(vb))    'Okay

vb->m_nNumverts = 1000

I wan't to do this:

Code:

vb->m_pVerts = New vertex3d(vb->m_nNumverts)

x = vb->m_pVerts[index].x
y = vb->m_pVerts[index].y
z = vb->m_pVerts[index].z

That would be easier to read and more coder friendly ;*)



With allocate I would define VA as:

Code:

Type VA
     m_nNumverts as gluint
     m_pVerts as Glfloat ptr
End type

And :

Code:

vb->m_pVerts = Allocate(Len(vertex3d) *vb->m_nNumverts))

Then index it like

Code:

x = vb->m_pVerts[index* 3 + 0]
y = vb->m_pVerts[index* 3 + 1]
z = vb->m_pVerts[index* 3 + 2]

l337 but Cumbersome. :*(

[v3cz0r]

You could use a macro with 0.12:

#define new(dtype, items) allocate( items * len( dtype ) )

If New and Del are used for OO later things would break..

[relsoft]

How would I reference it then? I'll try to DL the newest ver since I wasn't online for 5 days. :*(

Oops sorry. Seen the prob. Mistyped var. :*(