Class DBRep_DrawableShape is changed to postpone generation of display data until the shape is actually displayed (for the first time).
Test perf draw bug28404 is added.
Method StlAPI_Writer::Write() is reimplemented to write triangulation directly, without conversion to StlMesh_Mesh.
New DRAW command "tessellate" is added to generate rapidly triangulation of prescribed size (on surface).
Command "tricheck" is protected to deal correctly with triangulation without UV data.
New tests added: perf de bug26338_1 and _2; bugs stlvrml bug26338
Correction of testing environment
Global static functions instantiating RTTI descriptors for class types (used though STANDARD_TYPE macro) are replaced by template static method Instance() of the class Standard_Type.
Implementation of RTTI is revised accordingly (global registry of type descriptors added to ensure single instance of each type descriptor shared by all dynamic libraries).
Obsolete methods of Standard_Type class (IsInstance(), Ancestors()) are removed; new method Parent() is added returning type descriptor of the parent class.
Class Standard_AncestorIterator is removed; this iteration can be easily done by recursive calls to Standard_Type::Parent().
Definition of macro STANDARD_TYPE() moved from Standard_Macro.hxx to Standard_DefineHandle.hxx.
Inclusion of Standard_Type.hxx and the class header is now necessary for use of method DownCast() and function STANDARD_TYPE() for the class.
In general, Standard_Type.hxx should be included now instead of Standard_DefineHandle.hxx in places where these macros are used.
Macro DEFINE_STANDARD_EXCEPTION changed to define all methods inline; macro IMPLEMENT_STANDARD_EXCEPTION becomes obsolete.
Macros IMPLEMENT_DOWNCAST, IMPLEMENT_STANDARD_* become deprecated, they are still defined (as empty) for compatibility.
Implementation of Handle classes became fully inline.
Method get() is added in Handle classes returning pointer to the contained object.
RTTI removed from NCollection_Handle class.
Standard_Persistent is made empty descendant of Standard_Transient, instead of implementing its own hierarchy with reference counting.
Unused enumerations Standard_InternalType, Standard_WayOfLife, Standard_KindOfType are removed.
Global function HashCode() accepting Handle(Standard_Transient) is removed; HashCode() for Standard_CString with length should be used instead.
DRAW command dtryload is added for testing dynamic load / unload of the specified library.
New test perf fclasses bug24947 uses this command to measure performance of multiple (1000 times) loading / unloading OCCT libs on example of TKSTEP.
Functions PLib::EvalPolynomial and PLib::NoDerivativeEvalPolynomial are refactored to allow generation of faster code:
1. Iteration by degree is made in outer loop
2. Avoided pointer arithmetic
3. Recursive templates are used to expand loop by dimension in specific cases (1-15)
Function perf_sprint_all_meters added in OSD_PerfMeter.h to allow printing to string buffer rather than stdout. Macro PERF_PRINT_ALL converted to functional form.
Command dperf added in DRAW to print and conditionally reset all meters.
Description of these tools is added in Debug Hints.
Modified output of command QANTestNCollectionPerformance.
Added test case perf/ncollection/A1
Modified ratio of performance to check all platforms
Small correction of test-case for Windows platform
Test for exceptions corrected to handle FPE when built with with SSE2 option on Windows (NumericError raised instead of specific exceptions)
New test for performance of bspline intersections added
sse2 added; build bitness hardlinked to compiler
"bitness" variable was hidden
