Module encode_helpers 

Helper utilities for encoding compute dispatches with inline constant parameters (bytes) alongside buffer bindings.

The base CommandEncoder::encode method only supports buffer bindings. These helpers extend encoding to support Metal set_bytes for small constant parameter structs, which avoids allocating a full Metal buffer for a few bytes of configuration data.

KernelArg and as_bytes are defined in crate::encoder and re-exported here for backward compatibility.

Enums

KernelArg

A buffer or inline-bytes binding for a compute kernel argument slot.

Functions

as_bytes

Convert a Pod value to a byte slice suitable for KernelArg::Bytes.

encode_threadgroups_with_args

Encode a compute pass with threadgroups and mixed buffer/bytes bindings.

encode_threadgroups_with_args_and_shared

Encode a compute pass with threadgroups, mixed buffer/bytes bindings, and threadgroup shared memory allocations.

encode_with_args

Encode a compute pass with mixed buffer and bytes bindings.