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Bug 1837

Summary: Use error extension instead of glGetError()
Product: SDL Reporter: Sam Lantinga <slouken>
Component: videoAssignee: Sam Lantinga <slouken>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact: Sam Lantinga <slouken>
Severity: normal    
Priority: P2    
Version: HG 2.0   
Hardware: x86   
OS: Other   

Description Sam Lantinga 2013-05-04 07:36:55 UTC
glGetError() stalls the OpenGL pipeline, we should use the error callback extension instead.  See John MacDonald's 2013 GDC talk for details.
Comment 1 Sam Lantinga 2013-05-20 01:29:56 UTC
Implemented!
http://hg.libsdl.org/SDL/rev/987fb567bba9