SDL_WriteS64LE(3)

💾 SDL_WriteS64LE(3) — SDL3 FUNCTIONS 💾

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL3 FUNCTIONS corner of the man pages, where we write tiny numbers into streams and feel very powerful about it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

SDL_WriteS64LE — use this function to write 64 bits in native format to an SDL_IOStream as little-endian data.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <SDL3/SDL_iostream.h>

bool SDL_WriteS64LE(SDL_IOStream *dst, Sint64 value);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea, bestie: SDL byteswaps the data only if necessary, which is a whole vibe. that means you, the application, always specify native format, and the data that actually gets written will be in little-endian format. you don't gotta think about endianness, she handles it. no cap. ✨

🎀 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🎀

• dst — the stream to which data will be written. it's giving "destination", it's giving "where the bytes go" 💅
• value — the data to be written, in native format. yes, native. don't come at it with your little-endian self, she already knows what to do 😭

⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

Returns true on successful write or false on failure; call SDL_GetError() for more information. so like… if you get false, don't just sit there, go ask SDL_GetError() what's wrong, she'll tell you fr fr 🙈

🔥 THREAD SAFETY 🔥

Do not use the same SDL_IOStream from two threads at once. periodt. that's not a suggestion, that's the rule, and violating it is giving chaos energy of the worst kind 💀

🌈 AVAILABILITY 🌈

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0. so if you're on something older… bestie. upgrade. 👑

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and that's the whole page, mwah 💜 this little gem comes to you from Simple Directmedia Layer, SDL 3.4.18, and yes she's iconic, she's the moment, she's the SDL_WriteS64LE(3) you know and love 🎀✨