Re: A Strange Viewport

Innovimax SARL wrote:
> 
> I think it could probably be a warning if the pipeline engine could
> detect it (which in some narrow case wouldn't be so obvious).
> 
> But not allowing it could be a heavy load for implementors
> 
> Some implementation would detect it and make the simplification on the
> fly if necessary

There isn't a simplification to be had.  The step should run once for
each iteration.  Since it has no input dependencies, it just needs to
know when iteration starts.  Thus, iteration start and stop become
a lot like pipeline start and stop.

--Alex Milowski

Received on Tuesday, 3 October 2006 21:19:07 UTC