al_get_sam...ce_playing(3)

🎀 NAME 🎀

al_get_sample_instance_playing - Allegro 5 API

okay so bestie, this is the al_get_sample_instance_playing(3) page from the Allegro reference manual, and it’s here to answer one very specific question: is this sample instance literally playing rn? 🎧✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro5/allegro_audio.h>

bool al_get_sample_instance_playing(const ALLEGRO_SAMPLE_INSTANCE *spl)

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so al_get_sample_instance_playing returns true if the sample instance is in the playing state. that’s the whole mood. 🫶

and yes, it may be true even if the instance is not attached to anything — no cap, that’s just how it works. 💅

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• al_set_sample_instance_playing(3) — the other half of the play-state duo, go check it out. 🦋

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sign-off time: this page is from the Allegro reference manual / Allegro 5 API, and the footer has no date listed — so we’re saying date: not shown, periodt. 💜🎀