_putpixel(3)

✨ _putpixel 💅 (Allegro manual, bestie)

okay so we're in the Allegro game programming library, and this is the speedrun version of putpixel(). 🏃♀️💨

🎀 NAME 🎀

_putpixel, _putpixel15, _putpixel16, _putpixel24, _putpixel32 — the faster, depth-specific versions of putpixel(). Allegro game programming library, periodt. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro.h>

void _putpixel(BITMAP *bmp, int x, int y, int color);

void _putpixel15(BITMAP *bmp, int x, int y, int color);

void _putpixel16(BITMAP *bmp, int x, int y, int color);

void _putpixel24(BITMAP *bmp, int x, int y, int color);

void _putpixel32(BITMAP *bmp, int x, int y, int color);

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so like, it's putpixel() but much faster ✨ and the reason is genuinely iconic: these are implemented as inline assembler functions written for specific color depths. that's the whole glow-up. 💅

but bestie, listen, there are three things you need to know before you go feral with these:

• they won't work in mode-X graphics modes 💀
• they don't perform any clipping — and no cap, they will crash if you try to draw outside the bitmap! 😭 so vibe check your coordinates, fr fr
• they ignore the drawing mode 🙈

use these when you already know exactly what you're doing and you need that speed. otherwise the regular putpixel() is right there. 🫶

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• putpixel(3)
• makecol(3)

that's the whole page, bestie! 🌈 this one's from the Allegro manual, version 4.4.3 — _putpixel(3), slay, mwah 💋🎀