A: Utilities
In addition to all of the graphics-related code presented thus far, pbrt makes use of a number of general utility routines and classes. Although these are key to pbrt’s operation, it is not necessary to understand their implementation in detail in order to work with the rest of the system. This appendix describes the interfaces to these routines, including those that handle error reporting, memory management, support for parallel execution on multiple CPU cores, and other basic infrastructure. The implementations of some of this functionality—the parts that are interesting enough to be worth delving into—are also discussed.
A.1: Main include file
The core/pbrt.h file is included by all other source files in the system. It contains ...
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