Are query objects container objects? #60
Description
Chapter 5 reads:
Objects which contain references to other objects include framebuffer, program
pipeline, query, transform feedback, and vertex array objects. Such objects are
called container objects and are not shared.
This is strange for several reasons:
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Query objects don't actually contain references to other objects.
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Section 2.6.12 does not say that Query objects are container objects. However, the sections in 2.6 that cover the other container objects explicitly declare that they are container objects.
However, section 2.6.12 does specifically state that query objects are not sharable. My guess is that the idea of not being sharable at some point got bound up in the concept of being a container object. That is, if query objects aren't sharable, then someone thought that they must be container objects.
If the intent is for query objects to actually be container objects, then 2.6.12 should explicitly mention this (and the definition of "container object" should be changed, since query objects don't actually store references to other objects). If the intent for query objects is that they are non-sharable objects which are not container objects, then Chapter 5 should be changed to state this explicitly.