al_get_config_value(3)

✨ al_get_config_value(3) ✨

okay so bestie, this one's from the Allegro 5 API reference manual and it's literally the "read a thing from the config" function 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

const char *al_get_config_value(const ALLEGRO_CONFIG *config,
   const char *section, const char *key)

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so what it does is: it gets you a pointer to an internal character buffer, and that buffer is only valid as long as the ALLEGRO_CONFIG structure is not destroyed. like, the vibe check expires with the struct, iykyk 😭

copy the value if you need a copy — fr fr, if you're gonna hold onto it past that point, don't be lazy, make your own copy 🫶

the section can be NULL or "" for the global section (she's flexible like that 💅)

and it returns NULL if the section or key do not exist — no cap, if it's not there you get nothing back 🙈

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• al_set_config_value(3) — the setter bestie, her iconic counterpart 👑

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slay, that's the whole page ✨ this little gem is from the Allegro reference manual, version vibes as dated on the original page 💜 go forth and read your config values, main character 💅💖