SDL_LogError(3)

💖 SDL_LogError 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL3 FUNCTIONS corner of the manual, and today's main character is SDL_LogError — the function that yells into the log at SDL_LOG_PRIORITY_ERROR level. yes, that's literally its whole job and it does it flawlessly, no notes. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

SDL_LogError — log a message with SDL_LOG_PRIORITY_ERROR. that's it, that's the girl. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <SDL3/SDL_log.h>

void SDL_LogError(int category, const char *fmt, ...);

she takes a category, she takes a format string, she takes vibes (the ...). 🦋

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✨ FUNCTION PARAMETERS ✨

• category — the category of the message. like, which lil bucket does this error belong in? you decide, queen. 🌸
• fmt — a printf() style message format string. so all your fave % tokens go here, iykyk. 💜
• ... — additional parameters matching % tokens in the fmt string, if any. one arg per token, bestie, do not skip one or it's giving undefined chaos. 😭

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✨ THREAD SAFETY ✨

it is safe to call this function from any thread. yes, ANY. thread-safe queen, no cap, she does not care which thread you're on, she's serving the same energy everywhere. 👑

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✨ AVAILABILITY ✨

this function is available since SDL 3.2.0. if you're on something older, sorry babe, she wasn't born yet. 💀

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

her whole friend group, go say hi:

• SDL_Log(3)
• SDL_LogCritical(3)
• SDL_LogDebug(3)
• SDL_LogInfo(3)
• SDL_LogMessage(3)
• SDL_LogMessageV(3)
• SDL_LogTrace(3)
• SDL_LogVerbose(3)
• SDL_LogWarn(3)

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lowkey reminder bestie: this page is brought to you by Simple Directmedia Layer, running SDL 3.4.18. mwah, go log something iconic. 💖✨🎀🫶