opengl: simplify vertex attribute setting

src/TextRenderer.zig

@@ -168,12 +168,9 @@ pub fn render(
     var binding = try vbo.bind(.ArrayBuffer);
     defer binding.unbind();
     try binding.setData(vertices.items, .DynamicDraw);
-    try binding.enableVertexAttribArray(0);
-    try binding.vertexAttribPointer(0, 3, gl.c.GL_FLOAT, false, 9 * @sizeOf(f32), null);
-    try binding.enableVertexAttribArray(1);
-    try binding.vertexAttribPointer(1, 2, gl.c.GL_FLOAT, false, 9 * @sizeOf(f32), @intToPtr(*const anyopaque, 3 * @sizeOf(f32)));
-    try binding.enableVertexAttribArray(2);
-    try binding.vertexAttribPointer(2, 4, gl.c.GL_FLOAT, false, 9 * @sizeOf(f32), @intToPtr(*const anyopaque, 5 * @sizeOf(f32)));
+    try binding.attribute(0, 3, [9]f32, 0);
+    try binding.attribute(1, 2, [9]f32, 3);
+    try binding.attribute(2, 4, [9]f32, 5);
 
     try gl.drawArrays(gl.c.GL_TRIANGLES, 0, @intCast(c_int, vertices.items.len * 6));
     try gl.VertexArray.unbind();

src/opengl/Buffer.zig

@@ -101,11 +101,58 @@ pub const Binding = struct {
         };
     }
 
-    pub inline fn enableVertexAttribArray(_: Binding, idx: c.GLuint) !void {
+    pub inline fn enableAttribArray(_: Binding, idx: c.GLuint) !void {
         c.glEnableVertexAttribArray(idx);
     }
 
-    pub inline fn vertexAttribPointer(
+    /// Shorthand for vertexAttribPointer that is specialized towards the
+    /// common use case of specifying an array of homogeneous types that
+    /// don't need normalization. This also enables the attribute at idx.
+    pub fn attribute(
+        b: Binding,
+        idx: c.GLuint,
+        size: c.GLint,
+        comptime T: type,
+        offset: usize,
+    ) !void {
+        const info: struct {
+            // Type of the each component in the array.
+            typ: c.GLenum,
+
+            // The byte offset between each full set of attributes.
+            stride: c.GLsizei,
+
+            // The size of each component used in calculating the offset.
+            offset: usize,
+        } = switch (@typeInfo(T)) {
+            .Array => |ary| .{
+                .typ = switch (ary.child) {
+                    f32 => c.GL_FLOAT,
+                    else => @compileError("unsupported array child type"),
+                },
+                .offset = @sizeOf(ary.child),
+                .stride = @sizeOf(T),
+            },
+            else => @compileError("unsupported type"),
+        };
+
+        const offsetPtr = if (offset > 0)
+            @intToPtr(*const anyopaque, offset * info.offset)
+        else
+            null;
+
+        try b.attributeAdvanced(
+            idx,
+            size,
+            info.typ,
+            false,
+            info.stride,
+            offsetPtr,
+        );
+        try b.enableAttribArray(idx);
+    }
+
+    pub inline fn attributeAdvanced(
         _: Binding,
         idx: c.GLuint,
         size: c.GLint,