Added bufferDatal

2 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Spear.lkshw b/Spear.lkshw
index 2bfefbb..fb35953 100644
--- a/Spear.lkshw
+++ b/Spear.lkshw
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 Version of workspace file format:
                1
 Time of storage:
-               "Thu Aug 30 22:00:11 CEST 2012"
+               "Thu Aug 30 22:30:11 CEST 2012"
 Name of the workspace:
                "Spear"
 File paths of contained packages:
                ["demos/simple-scene/simple-scene.cabal","Spear.cabal"]
 Maybe file path of an active package:
-               Just "demos/simple-scene/simple-scene.cabal"
\ No newline at end of file
+               Just "Spear.cabal"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Spear/GLSL.hs b/Spear/GLSL.hs
index 4e836eb..b64c22e 100644
--- a/Spear/GLSL.hs
+++ b/Spear/GLSL.hs
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ module Spear.GLSL
     -- ** Manipulation
 ,   bindBuffer
 ,   bufferData
+,   bufferDatal
 ,   withGLBuffer
 
     -- * Textures
@@ -580,10 +581,25 @@ bindBuffer buf target = glBindBuffer (fromTarget target) $ getBuffer buf
 
 
 -- | Set the buffer's data.
-bufferData :: TargetBuffer -> Int -> Ptr a -> BufferUsage -> IO ()
+bufferData :: TargetBuffer
+           -> Int -- ^ Buffer size in bytes.
+           -> Ptr a
+           -> BufferUsage
+           -> IO ()
 bufferData target n bufData usage = glBufferData (fromTarget target) (unsafeCoerce n) bufData (fromUsage usage)
 
 
+-- | Set the buffer's data.
+bufferDatal :: Storable a
+            => TargetBuffer
+            -> Int -- ^ The size in bytes of an element in the data list.
+            -> [a] -- ^ The data list.
+            -> BufferUsage
+            -> IO ()
+bufferDatal target n bufData usage = withArray bufData $
+    \ptr -> bufferData target (n * length bufData) ptr usage
+
+
 -- | Apply the given function the buffer's id.
 withGLBuffer :: GLBuffer -> (GLuint -> a) -> a
 withGLBuffer buf f = f $ getBuffer buf