The glCallList function executes a display list.
void glCallList(
GLuint list
);
You start execution of the named display list with glCallList. The functions saved in the display list are executed in order, just as if you called them without using a display list. If list has not been defined as a display list, glCallList is ignored.
The glCallList function can appear inside a display list. To avoid the possibility of infinite recursion resulting from display lists calling one another, a limit is placed on the nesting level of display lists during display-list execution. This limit is at least 64, and it depends on the implementation.
The OpenGL state is not saved and restored across a call to glCallList. Thus, changes made to the OpenGL state during the execution of a display list remain after execution of the display list is completed. To preserve the OpenGL state across glCallList calls, use glPushAttrib, glPopAttrib, glPushMatrix, and glPopMatrix.
You can execute display lists between a call to glBegin and the corresponding call to glEnd, as long as the display list includes only functions that are allowed in this interval.
The following functions retrieve information related to glCallList:
glGet with argument GL_MAX_LIST_NESTING
glIsList
Windows NT: Use version 3.5 and later.
Windows: Use Windows 95 and later.
Windows CE: Unsupported.
Header: Declared in gl.h.
Import Library: Link with opengl32.lib.
glBegin, glCallLists, glDeleteLists, glEnd, glGenLists, glGet, glIsList, glNewList, glPopAttrib, glPopMatrix, glPushAttrib, glPushMatrix