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reply ParticlePeter <ParticlePeter gmx.de> writes:
ErupteD is based on D-Vulkan, but goes further:
* Platform surface extensions
* DerelictLoader for Posix Systems
* With respect to [API without 
Secrets](https://software.intel.com/en-us/api-without-secrets-introducti
n-to-vulkan-part-1) D-Vulkan function loading system is partially broken

https://code.dlang.org/packages/erupted

Why another project?
I did submit pull requests to D-Vulkan, but so far they are 
ignored. However I feel that my edits add value to the bindings.

ErupteD is only partially tested, as I don't have:
1.) any posix system available (or android for that matter)
2.) A Multi-Vulkan-Device System (e.g. APU and GPU)

For the interested reader:
1.) When presenting content to a window vulkan relies on platform 
specific sources (or some other platform independent mechanism, 
e.g. glfw3). In case of windows these sources can be found in 
phobos, but I don't know where to find and how to supply them in 
the other cases (posix and android). Hence I just used the same 
names found in the vk_platform.h file for imports (more details 
in the README.md). Please inform me if those imports point to the 
right modules paths, if any.

2.) Vulkan functions can be loaded in two ways, a) through the 
instance and b) through the logical device. Former gets all 
functions for all found devices, but when calling them they will 
be internally dispatched to the proper device. Later gets the 
functions for one device, these functions don't have the dispatch 
indirection. In theory, loading the functions a second time for a 
different logical device should overwrite the functions of the 
previously loaded device functions, but as I don't have a 
multi-device system I can't be sure. It would be nice if anybody 
could test this functionality (again more details in the 
README.md) with the supplied devices.d example.

I will open up a discussion thread for that.

Cheers, ParticlePeter
May 16 2016
parent ParticlePeter <ParticlePeter gmx.de> writes:
Please discuss here:
https://forum.dlang.org/post/mclrqnwwrhmbxumgjaoy forum.dlang.org
May 16 2016