SDL_HasAltiVec(3)

💖 SDL_HasAltiVec 💖

okay bestie, sit down, we're doing a vibe check on your CPU 🦋 this one lives in the SDL3 FUNCTIONS section of the SDL_HasAltiVec(3) manual, and it's basically the "do you even AltiVec, babe?" detector ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

SDL_HasAltiVec — figure out whether the CPU has AltiVec features, no cap 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <SDL3/SDL_cpuinfo.h>

bool SDL_HasAltiVec(void);

literally that's it, that's the whole thing 🎀

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🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

So here's the tea: this function always returns false on CPUs that aren't using PowerPC instruction sets 🙈 like, it's not being shady, that's just the rules.

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👑 RETURN VALUE 👑

• true — yasss, the CPU has AltiVec features 💚
• false — nope, it does not 💔

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🫶 THREAD SAFETY 🫶

You can call this function from any thread and it's totally safe 🔥 no drama, no locks, no chaos. main character energy fr fr.

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🌈 AVAILABILITY 🌈

This function has been available since SDL 3.2.0 — so if you're on anything older, sorry babe, it's giving before-its-time 😭

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lowkey a reminder: this is the check for AltiVec, so don't go inventing your own, iykyk 💜

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okay that's the whole page, love you, bye 💖✨

Simple Directmedia Layer — SDL 3.4.18 — SDL_HasAltiVec(3) 🎀 mwah, go compile something iconic 🦋👑