#macos-opengl

OpenGL 4.5 Core DSA versus OpenGL 3.3 Core bind-to-edit with macOS 4.1 ceiling

Design goal is a single desktop OpenGL core profile codebase that renders with shaders and VAOs on Windows, Linux and macOS. Constraint is macOS desktop caps at OpenGL 4.1 Core with no official 4.5 support, so Direct State Access functions introduced in 4.5 Core are unavailable without extension checks. OpenGL 4.5 Core DSA avoids bind-to-edit state managemen