glbinding

{{Infobox software

| name = glbinding

| title = glbinding

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| author = Computer Graphics Systems Group at HPI

| developer = CGInternals GmbH

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| latest release version = 3.3.0

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2023|02|12}}{{cite web |url=https://github.com/cginternals/glbinding/releases/tag/v3.3.0 |title=Release glbinding-3.3.0 |department=cginternals/glbinding |website=GitHub |accessdate=2023-02-20}}

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| programming language = C++ and Python

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| platform = Cross-platform

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| license = MIT License

| website = {{Official URL}}

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glbinding is a generated, cross-platform C++ binding for OpenGL which is solely based on the new XML-based OpenGL API specification ({{URL|https://cvs.khronos.org/svn/repos/ogl/trunk/doc/registry/public/api/gl.xml|gl.xml}}). It is a fully fledged OpenGL API binding, compatible with current code based on other C bindings, e.g., GLEW. The binding is generated using Python scripts and templates, that can be easily adapted to fit custom needs. It leverages modern C++11 features like scoped enums, lambdas, and variadic templates, instead of relying on macros (all OpenGL symbols are real functions and variables). It provides type-safe parameters, per feature API header, lazy function resolution, multi-context and multi-thread support, global function callbacks, meta information about the generated OpenGL binding and the OpenGL runtime, as well as multiple examples for quick-starting projects.

The complete glbinding source code including the generated files are published under the MIT License.