al_identify_bitmap(3)

💖 al_identify_bitmap(3) — bestie, it's giving file-type detective 💖

okay so this page is al_identify_bitmap(3) from the Library Functions Manual, and it's all about the Allegro 5 API. yes we are in our Allegro era ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

al_identify_bitmap — Allegro 5 API. that's the whole name section, short and iconic 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

char const *al_identify_bitmap(char const *filename)

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so this one works exactly like al_identify_bitmap_f(3), no cap — but the difference is you hand it the filename of the file whose type you wanna detect, not a file handle. filename girlies rise 🫶

and listen: the extension, if there even is one, of the filename you pass in is not taken into account. nope, not even a little. it's only the file contents that matter, periodt. 🔥

🎀 SINCE 🎀

5.1.12 — that's when this one showed up, bestie. ⭐

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• al_init_image_addon(3)
• al_identify_bitmap_f(3)
• al_register_bitmap_identifier(3)

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cute little sign-off time: this page comes from the Allegro reference manual, and the version clue on the page is SINCE 5.1.12. the footer doesn't give a date, it just says al_identify_bitmap(3) again — so no fake date from me, bestie 😭🫶 byeeee 💖