phoenix; remove Vertex type and store vertex data in typed arrays

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phoenix; remove Vertex type and store vertex data in typed arrays #321

Closed ruby0x1 closed 8 years ago

ruby0x1 commented 9 years ago

1) The recent phoenix changes for buffer based geometry started this transition 2) Vertices should be light weight, and the highest weight over larger lists of rendering is this old day one Vertex type

[ ] vertices layout moved to arrays (preemptive)
[ ] vertices data moved to typed arrays
[ ] access helpers for modifying vertices easily

ruby0x1 commented 8 years ago

Having tried a variety of approaches

the amount of changes it incurs for the existing code base is too far off
these changes would establish new patterns of usage that aren't the new (embers) pattern, causing future changes again on the same level

The goal was to unify the code usage patterns as a low hanging fruit bonus, but the divergence is enough for this change to become a significant time sink and adds new patterns. Instead the energy will be spent on embers.