GUI library for D

Nick Sabalausky a at a.a
Wed Apr 6 15:10:39 PDT 2011


"David Nadlinger" <see at klickverbot.at> wrote in message 
news:inijsn$m9r$1 at digitalmars.com...
> On 4/6/11 10:41 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>>> I don't think having fixed-size image will be a useful optimization,
>>> except perhaps if you manipulate a lot of tiny images of the same size.
>>>
>>
>> Manipulating images in software involves accessing a *lot* of pixels, so 
>> you
>> have a very big "inner loop" situation. If the width isn't 
>> statically-known,
>> then:[.]
>
> If you want to write something generic that actually performs well, the 
> Adobe/Boost »Generic Image Library« might be an interesting example: 
> www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/libs/gil/doc/index.html
>

Just took a brief glance. Does seem potentially interesting. Appears to 
essentially be a C++ std.range/std.algorithm for images. I can imagine a 
similar approach might be fruitful for us.




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