al_destroy_sample(3)

💖 al_destroy_sample(3) 💖

okay bestie, straight from the Library Functions Manual, we're talking al_destroy_sample(3) — it's giving cleanup era, and honestly? iconic 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

al_destroy_sample — Allegro 5 API. That's the whole name, no cap ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro5/allegro_audio.h>

void al_destroy_sample(ALLEGRO_SAMPLE *spl)

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

So basically: it frees the sample data structure 💅 If it was created with the free_buf parameter set to true, then the buffer will be freed with al_free(3) — yes, that exact function, bestie.

And listen: this function will stop any sample instances which may be playing the buffer referenced by the ALLEGRO_SAMPLE(3). So it's not just deleting the struct and leaving ghost audio on main 💀 it stops those instances too. periodt.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• al_destroy_sample_instance(3)
• al_stop_sample(3)
• al_stop_samples(3)

go read these next if you're in your audio-cleanup arc 🦋

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mwah 💋 — this page came from the Allegro reference manual, and the footer didn't give us a date, so that's the whole timestamp situation 🎀