al_destroy_shader(3)

al_destroy_shader(3) 💅

okay so this page is from the Library Functions Manual, and it’s giving “Allegro 5 API cleanup era” ✨ — literally the shader destroyer, no cap.

📛 NAME

• al_destroy_shader — Allegro 5 API

🧾 SYNOPSIS

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

void al_destroy_shader(ALLEGRO_SHADER *shader)

💖 DESCRIPTION

Destroy a shader. Bestie, any bitmaps which currently use the shader will implicitly stop using the shader. 🫶

In multi-threaded programs, be careful that no such bitmaps are being accessed by other threads at the time. fr fr, pay attention to that part 😭

As a convenience, if the target bitmap of the calling thread is using the shader then the shader is implicitly unused before being destroyed. iconic behavior, honestly 💅

This function does nothing if the shader argument is NULL. so if it’s NULL, it’s literally doing nothing — no drama, no crash, just vibes 🌸

⏰ SINCE

5.1.0 — it’s been around, periodt 💜

👀 SEE ALSO

• al_create_shader(3) — the other shader page, bestie 🦋

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mwah 💋 this page comes from the Allegro reference manual; the footer just says Allegro reference manual and al_destroy_shader(3), and there’s no date listed, so that’s the whole sign-off vibe 🎀✨