A templated function to convert C++ types to OpenGL types

CppToOpenGL.cpp

template <typename T> GLenum typeToGL() {

	if (typeid(T) == typeid(float)) {
		return GL_FLOAT;
	};

	if (typeid(T) == typeid(double)) {
		return GL_DOUBLE;
	};

	if (typeid(T) == typeid(char)) {
    		return GL_BYTE;
	};

	if (typeid(T) == typeid(unsigned char)) {
		return GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE;
	};

	if (typeid(T) == typeid(int)) {
		return GL_INT;
	};

	if (typeid(T) == typeid(unsigned int)) {
		return GL_UNSIGNED_INT;
	};

	if (typeid(T) == typeid(short)) {
		return GL_SHORT;
	};

	if (typeid(T) == typeid(unsigned short)) {
		return GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT;
	};

	return GL_INVALID_ENUM;
}