* Lack of pointers means you can load in 1 read. (endian needs to be watched, and assumes you can get the entire size elsewhere)
* You can also shuffle it around in memory should you be doing something fancy. (defragging heaps might be useful if doing a sandbox)
* Better encapsulation? maybe..
struct Mesh
{
int32_t num_indices,
num_verts;
// inline to this struct..
// assumes Vector3 is aligned 4 bytes.
// and that Mesh has been alloced to same alignment.
//
// Vector3 positions[num_verts];
// int32_t indices[num_indices];
// Vector2 uvs[num_verts];
inline const Vector3* PositionsBegin() const { return reinterpret_cast<const Vector3*>(this + 1); }
inline const Vector3* PositionsEnd() const { return PositionsBegin() + num_verts; }
inline const int32_t* IndicesBegin() const { return reinterpret_cast<const int32_t*>(PositionsEnd()); }
inline const int32_t* IndicesEnd() const { return IndicesBegin() + num_indices; }
// etc
};
Allotments are chunks of land set aside for housholds to grow their own fruit and veg. Its generally an older gen (plus some younger woke) that use them, so nobody who the telegraph readers will care about. The councils have had a very hard time of it from the party in power due to many factors, and some are on the verge of bankruptcy. [1]
So being able to sell land that is genrally in walking distance to other residental zones to devlopers would be a welcome shot of cash. With the thin justification of "Its better for the enviroment" to keep most the would be defenders busy arguing if it is, or isnt, untill the deals are done, and they are lost.
It almost funny when the UK also has a general, saying that "Britain must train citizen army" [2], and allotments were promoted so the UK could feed itself when being blockaded. [3]
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/dec/06/english-town... [2] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68086188 [3] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/environment/9996180/H...