2 files changed, 61 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/glsl/glsl_types.cpp b/src/glsl/glsl_types.cpp
index df9c5d36f0b..a5491c58a47 100644
--- a/src/glsl/glsl_types.cpp
+++ b/src/glsl/glsl_types.cpp
@@ -534,6 +534,58 @@ glsl_type::glsl_type(const glsl_type *array, unsigned length) :
 }
 
 
+const glsl_type *const
+glsl_type::vec(unsigned components)
+{
+   if (components == 0 || components > 4)
+      return error_type;
+
+   static const glsl_type *const ts[] = {
+      float_type, vec2_type, vec3_type, vec4_type
+   };
+   return ts[components - 1];
+}
+
+
+const glsl_type *const
+glsl_type::ivec(unsigned components)
+{
+   if (components == 0 || components > 4)
+      return error_type;
+
+   static const glsl_type *const ts[] = {
+      int_type, ivec2_type, ivec3_type, ivec4_type
+   };
+   return ts[components - 1];
+}
+
+
+const glsl_type *const
+glsl_type::uvec(unsigned components)
+{
+   if (components == 0 || components > 4)
+      return error_type;
+
+   static const glsl_type *const ts[] = {
+      uint_type, uvec2_type, uvec3_type, uvec4_type
+   };
+   return ts[components - 1];
+}
+
+
+const glsl_type *const
+glsl_type::bvec(unsigned components)
+{
+   if (components == 0 || components > 4)
+      return error_type;
+
+   static const glsl_type *const ts[] = {
+      bool_type, bvec2_type, bvec3_type, bvec4_type
+   };
+   return ts[components - 1];
+}
+
+
 const glsl_type *
 glsl_type::get_instance(unsigned base_type, unsigned rows, unsigned columns)
 {
diff --git a/src/glsl/glsl_types.h b/src/glsl/glsl_types.h
index 31e3dd253f0..665af8bf29d 100644
--- a/src/glsl/glsl_types.h
+++ b/src/glsl/glsl_types.h
@@ -187,6 +187,15 @@ struct glsl_type {
    static const glsl_type *const mat4_type;
    /*@}*/
 
+   /**
+    * Convenience accessors for vector types (shorter than get_instance()).
+    * @{
+    */
+   static const glsl_type *const vec(unsigned components);
+   static const glsl_type *const ivec(unsigned components);
+   static const glsl_type *const uvec(unsigned components);
+   static const glsl_type *const bvec(unsigned components);
+   /**@}*/
 
    /**
     * For numeric and boolean derrived types returns the basic scalar type