02/05/2002
15-462 Graphics I
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Display Lists Caveats
•Store
only values of expressions
•Display
lists cannot be changed or updated
•Only
store commands that change server state
•Effect
of executing display list depends on current transformations and
attributes
•Display
lists may be hierarchical
–One
list may call another
–Can be
useful for hierarchical objects
–Some
implementation-dependent nesting limit