Re: [Openexr-devel] "Half" support in C?

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Derek Gerstmann wrote:
> Currently, we've been using the Half class from OpenEXR and compiling
> our C code as C++, which has limited the adoption of Half support
> to simple standalone modules that are linked dynamically.

Unfortunately, there are people who have a good C compiler but no C++. 
This is not uncommon for people who depend on vendor (e.g. IBM AIX) 
compilers which are expensive.

It is true that people without C++ won't be using OpenEXR, but it is 
useful if the Half support can be embedded in the dependent 
application so that the application implementation is consistent 
regardless of the availabilty of OpenEXR.

> It would be *really* nice if a native C implementation were available,
> with a similar license as OpenEXR.

Most definitely.

Bob
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