https://github.com/hadronized/semantics

Semantics mapping between strings and integers
https://github.com/hadronized/semantics

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Semantics mapping between strings and integers

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/hadronized/semantics
• Owner: hadronized
• License: other
• Created: 2022-07-07T14:56:31.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-07-07T15:01:23.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-31T12:13:08.730Z (2 months ago)
• Language: Rust
• Size: 4.88 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Semantics

The term _semantics_ here is used to describe a value / type that strongly _represents_ something else, tracking its

type in the type-system and carrying its representation as an integer value at runtime. Semantics allow to represent

something meaningful, like a _user_, a _field_, etc. by using integers underneath. The target audience is people writing

protocols between two systems that are using two different namespaces.

The main motivation for this crate is [luminance], which needs to be able to _represent_ attributes (vertex attribute

like a position, normal, color; fragment outputs, etc.) in two different namespaces:

- The Rust code, where those attributes are manipulated via regular Rust variables.

- GLSL code, which might use different names for those variables.

Semantics allow an indirection for both systems to “speak the same language” and “represent the same data.”

[luminance]: https://crates.io/crates/luminance