Saving progress. I just realized that my current MaragertMemAllocator is still very very bloated. I am about to change that. Yep, another rewrite

src/l1/anne/pixel_masses.h

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ NODISCARD VecU8 generate_texture_data_struct_and_necc_methods(SpanU8 tex, SpanU8
     "}\n\n", resoftex, tex, resoftex, resoftex, memb, resoftex, tex, tex, resoftex));
     /* Method _read_from_file */
     VecU8_append_vec(&res, VecU8_fmt(
-    "%s %s_read_from_file(const char* path) {\n"
+    "%s %s_read_from_file(SpanU8 path) {\n"
     SPACE "VecU8 data = read_whole_file_or_abort(path);\n"
     SPACE "%s res = %s_from_bitmap_text(VecU8_to_span(&data));\n"
     SPACE "if (res.variant != Result_Ok) {\n"

src/l1/anne/util_temp_very_base.h

@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ void generate_util_temp_very_base_headers() {
      cstr("#include \"../../gen/l1/pixel_masses.h\"\n"), true, false);
     generate_guarded_span_company_for_non_primitive_clonable(cstr("l1"), cstr(""), cstr("TextureDataR8"),
      cstr("#include \"../../gen/l1/pixel_masses.h\"\n"), true, false);
+
+    generate_guarded_span_company_for_primitive(cstr("l1"), cstr(""), cstr("PostponedMemcpy"), cstr(
+    "typedef struct{\n"
+    SPACE "void* dest;\n"
+    SPACE "const void* src;\n"
+    SPACE "size_t n;\n"
+    "} PostponedMemcpy;\n"), true, false);
 }
 
 #endif

src/l1/system/fileio.h

@@ -28,11 +28,12 @@ typedef struct {
 
 void Result_ok_or_int_drop(Result_ok_or_int obj) {}
 
-NODISCARD VecU8 read_whole_file_or_abort(const char* filename) {
-    FILE* fp = fopen(filename, "rb");
-    if (!fp) {
-        abortf("Can't open file %s: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
-    }
+NODISCARD VecU8 read_whole_file_or_abort(SpanU8 path) {
+    VecU8 filename = VecU8_fmt("%s%c", path, 0);
+    FILE* fp = fopen((const char*)filename.buf, "rb");
+    if (!fp)
+        abortf("Can't open file %s: %s\n", (const char*)filename.buf, strerror(errno));
+    VecU8_drop(filename);
     if (fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_END) != 0) {
         abortf("fseek: %s\n", strerror(errno));
     }

src/l2/lucy/glyph_render.h

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 typedef struct{
     LucyGlyphCache cache;
-
     VkPipelineLayout pipeline_layout;
     VkPipeline pipeline;
 } LucyGlyphRenderer;
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ typedef struct{
 
 LucyGlyphRenderer LucyGlyphRenderer_new(
     MargaretEngineReference engine_reference, VkCommandBuffer transfer_command_buffer,
-    VkRenderPass render_pass, U32 renderpass_subpass){
+    VkRenderPass render_pass, U32 renderpass_subpass, SpanU8 root_dir){
     VkDescriptorSetLayout descriptor_set_layout;
     check(vkCreateDescriptorSetLayout(engine_reference.device, &(VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo){
         .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_INFO,
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ LucyGlyphRenderer LucyGlyphRenderer_new(
     }, NULL, &descriptor_set_layout) == VK_SUCCESS);
 
 
-
     LucyGlyphCache cache = LucyGlyphCache_new(engine_reference, transfer_command_buffer, descriptor_set_layout);
 
     VkPipelineLayout pipeline_layout;
@@ -42,11 +40,11 @@ LucyGlyphRenderer LucyGlyphRenderer_new(
         }},
     }, NULL, &pipeline_layout) == VK_SUCCESS);
 
-    /* Configuring font pipeline */
+    VkPipeline pipeline = margaret_create_triangle_pipeline_one_attachment(engine_reference.device,
+        render_pass, renderpass_subpass, (MargaretMostImportantPipelineOptions){
+        .pipeline_layout = pipeline_layout,});
 
-
-// todo: create the actual pipeline
-    return (LucyGlyphRenderer){};
+    return (LucyGlyphRenderer){.cache = cache, .pipeline_layout = pipeline_layout, .pipeline = pipeline};
 }
 
 #endif

src/l2/margaret/vulkan_memory_claire.h

@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@
 // todo: for staging buffers you better use MargaretBufferAllocator. Ou, yeah, I have yet to write them
 
 #include "../../l1/core/int_primitives.h"
+#include "../../../gen/l1/VecPostponedMemcpy.h"
 
 /* Demands + Warnings */
 typedef U8 MargaretMemAllocatorDemands;
@@ -347,6 +348,24 @@ void MargaretMemAllocatorRequests_drop(MargaretMemAllocatorRequests self){
     VecMargaretMemAllocatorRequestAllocImage_drop(self.alloc_image);
 }
 
+void MargaretMemAllocatorRequests_free_buf(
+    MargaretMemAllocatorRequests* self, RBTreeNode_KVPU64ToMargaretMAOccupation* occ_it){
+
+
+}
+
+void MargaretMemAllocatorRequests_shrink_buf(MargaretMemAllocatorRequests* self,
+    RBTreeNode_KVPU64ToMargaretMAOccupation* occ_it, size_t new_size){
+    VecMargaretMemAllocatorRequestResizeBuffer_append(&self->shrink_buf,
+        (MargaretMemAllocatorRequestResizeBuffer){.occ_it = occ_it, .new_size = new_size});
+}
+
+void MargaretMemAllocatorRequests_expand_buf(MargaretMemAllocatorRequests* self,
+    RBTreeNode_KVPU64ToMargaretMAOccupation* occ_it, size_t new_size){
+    VecMargaretMemAllocatorRequestResizeBuffer_append(&self->expand_buf,
+        (MargaretMemAllocatorRequestResizeBuffer){.occ_it = occ_it, .new_size = new_size});
+}
+
 RBTreeNode_KVPU64ToMargaretMAOccupation* MargaretMemAllocatorRequests_alloc_buf(
     MargaretMemAllocatorRequests* self,
     U64 allocation_size, VkBufferUsageFlags usage, bool preserve_at_quiet

src/l2/tests/r0/r0.c

@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@ PipelineHands create_graphics_pipeline_0(
         abortf("vkCreatePipelineLayout");
 
 
-    VecU8 vert_bin_code = read_whole_file_or_abort("shaders/spv/0/vert.spv");
-    VecU8 frag_bin_code = read_whole_file_or_abort("shaders/spv/0/frag.spv");
+    VecU8 vert_bin_code = read_whole_file_or_abort(cstr("shaders/spv/0/vert.spv"));
+    VecU8 frag_bin_code = read_whole_file_or_abort(cstr("shaders/spv/0/frag.spv"));
 
     VkVertexInputBindingDescription vertex_bindings[2] = {
         {
@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@ PipelineHands create_graphics_pipeline_0_b(
     }, NULL, &pipeline_layout) == VK_SUCCESS);
 
 
-    VecU8 vert_bin_code = read_whole_file_or_abort("shaders/spv/0b/vert.spv");
-    VecU8 frag_bin_code = read_whole_file_or_abort("shaders/spv/0b/frag.spv");
+    VecU8 vert_bin_code = read_whole_file_or_abort(cstr("shaders/spv/0b/vert.spv"));
+    VecU8 frag_bin_code = read_whole_file_or_abort(cstr("shaders/spv/0b/frag.spv"));
 
     VkVertexInputBindingDescription vertex_bindings[2] = {
         {
@@ -429,8 +429,8 @@ PipelineHands create_graphics_pipeline_1(
     }, NULL, &pipeline_layout) == VK_SUCCESS);
 
 
-    VecU8 vert_bin_code = read_whole_file_or_abort("shaders/spv/1/vert.spv");
-    VecU8 frag_bin_code = read_whole_file_or_abort("shaders/spv/1/frag.spv");
+    VecU8 vert_bin_code = read_whole_file_or_abort(cstr("shaders/spv/1/vert.spv"));
+    VecU8 frag_bin_code = read_whole_file_or_abort(cstr("shaders/spv/1/frag.spv"));
 
     VkPipeline pipeline = margaret_create_triangle_pipeline_one_attachment(device, render_pass, subpass,
         (MargaretMostImportantPipelineOptions){