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Can glTexImage2D() use an already existing memory block?

Can I use glTexImage2D() and / or glTexSubImage2D() (or maybe there's some other method I don't know about) with an already existing block of memory, instead of always uploading the changed pixels? I ...
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iOS custom memory allocator

I'm about to start writing an iOS game and I'm going to use mainly C++/C for the core gameplay logic. I really like pre-allocating everything in the game and try to avoid any dynamic allocations as ...
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Best memory allocation strategy for iOS?

I'm debating myself about memory allocation on iOS. I write most of my code in C++ and I really like using ObjectPools, FreeLists, etc. In order to pre-allocate a lot of the stuff that I'll be ...