Extend 'len' attribute for nested pointers #2618
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This draft PR experiments with an extended len syntax for pointer-to-pointer parameters in the KHR acceleration structure build commands.
The goal is to describe the conceptual 2D shape of these parameters more accurately:
infoCountpInfos[i].geometryCountThis syntax is new for the Registry and is proposed here only as a draft for discussion.
Proposed constraints for the new len form
The extended
len="X,Y"form (withYreferencingSomeArray[].member) is intended to be valid only under the following conditions:Y(e.g.pInfos) must be another member of the same command/struct/union.const VkAccelerationStructureBuildGeometryInfoKHR* pInfos).infoCountas the outer dimension).VkAccelerationStructureBuildGeometryInfoKHRmust contain ageometryCountmember).These rules are intended to keep the semantics constrained and mechanically checkable for tools and schema validation.