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[Mário Luzeiro <mrluzeiro@xxxxx>]

Hi Henner,

Instead of using SFVEC2UI and hypotf (probably slow), could it be implemented using SFVEC2F and glm::length( a - b ) ?

Mario
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From: Henner Zeller <h.zeller@xxxxxxx>
Sent: 01 May 2019 14:44
To: John Beard
Cc: Mário Luzeiro; KiCad Developers
Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] PATCH: Raytracing - a more pleasing way sequencing blocks to render ?

On Wed, 1 May 2019 at 06:14, John Beard <john.j.beard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 01/05/2019 13:57, Mário Luzeiro wrote:
> > Hi John,
> >
> > yeah the Morton code is to improve cache hits.
> >
> > Regarding the speed test, since OS are multi-tasking there could be some interference on the results so 1s difference is not a very measurable difference ( 4% ).
> > A possibility would be to run the same scene multiple times and make an average of the times.
>
> Sure, it was just a fun observation. It does change a bit from run to
> run, but I was at least expecting a small penalty. Next up, wipes[1] and
> then perhaps Snake :-D
>
> A more robust benchmarking harness would probably be the way to go if we
> really were serious about putting the pedal to the metal here.
>
> But I think the centre-first approach is certainly better usability, but
> I'm unsure about the checkerboard.

I agree, without checkerboard it makes it quicker to see what is going
on in the center. Attached the (even simpler) just spiraling out from
the center patch.

>
> Cheers,
>
> John
>
> [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGqAu9gj_F0