What means GL_COMPILE

OpenGL OpenGL: Basic Coding
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Hi
I hope somebody can tell me what this two lines of Code really means.
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GLint lid = glGenLists(1);
glNewList(lid,GL_COMPILE);
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Thanks a lot

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It’s a display list. And you can precompile display lists.

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The GL_COMPILE is as opposed to GL_COMPILE_AND_EXECUTE. In COMPILE, the commands are just stored in the list. In COMPILE_AND_EXECUTE they are stored in the list, but they are also executed in immediate mode.

Chris