SDL_VERSION(3)

💖 SDL_VERSION 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL3 FUNCTIONS section of the manual, and today's main character is SDL_VERSION — literally the version number macro for the current SDL version. that's it, that's the whole vibe. she's small, she's iconic, she's giving build-time truth serum ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

SDL_VERSION — the version number macro for the current SDL version 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

lowkey the whole thing is two lines, no cap:

#include <SDL3/SDL_version.h>

#define SDL_VERSION \
    SDL_VERSIONNUM(SDL_MAJOR_VERSION, SDL_MINOR_VERSION, SDL_MICRO_VERSION)

see how she just glues SDL_MAJOR_VERSION, SDL_MINOR_VERSION and SDL_MICRO_VERSION together through SDL_VERSIONNUM? that's the whole trick, fr fr 💅

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🧵 THREAD SAFETY 🧵

good news, bestie: it is safe to call this macro from any thread. every single one. go wild, no locks needed, she's not that kind of girl 🦋

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📅 AVAILABILITY 📅

this macro has been around since SDL 3.2.0. vintage-ish but not ancient, yk? 👑

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• SDL_GetVersion(3) — your other bestie, the runtime one, iykyk 🌈

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and that's the page!! this lil beauty lives in the Simple Directmedia Layer manual, documented as SDL 3.4.18, and she's filed under SDL_VERSION(3). mwah, go compile something cute 💖🎀🫶