[Bf-python] Modified RenderEngine API Proposal

[Martin Poirier]

--- On Wed, 5/11/11, Matt Ebb <matt at mke3.net> wrote:

> No strong opinions here, but one thing that's very annoying
> about the
> current API is the lack of access to modify data - even
> data that's
> owned (custom rna properties) by the engine. It makes it
> quite
> difficult to update data as needed, eg. at render time.

Modifying data during rendering is a bad idea. If a render engine needs to do this, it should be done in a pre or post render step (meaning the render engine api would need to provide such steps).

Martin