SDL_GetNumAllocations(3)

💖 SDL_GetNumAllocations 💖

okay bestie, this one lives in the SDL3 FUNCTIONS manual and it's literally your new fave for catching memory leaks like the main character detective you are 🕵️♀️✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

SDL_GetNumAllocations — Get the number of outstanding (unfreed) allocations.

it's giving "how many things did you forget to free, bestie?" and honestly we need that energy 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <SDL3/SDL_stdinc.h>

int SDL_GetNumAllocations(void);

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✨ RETURN VALUE ✨

Returns the number of allocations or -1 if allocation counting is disabled.

so like, if you get a number back, that's how many allocations are still out there living their best unfreed life 😭 and if you get -1, it means allocation counting is literally disabled, so she can't tell you anything. not her fault, she's just not set up for it 💀

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🦋 THREAD SAFETY 🦋

It is safe to call this function from any thread.

no cap, any thread. go off, call it from wherever you want, she's not gonna crash on you 🫶✨

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🌈 AVAILABILITY 🌈

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.

she's been around since SDL 3.2.0, iconic behavior honestly 👑

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remember bestie: every allocation you don't free is a little ghost haunting your RAM 👻 keep an eye on that number and slay responsibly 💖

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