al_unref_user_event(3)

✨ al_unref_user_event(3) ✨

Okay bestie, so this is from the Allegro reference manual — the al_unref_user_event page specifically — and it's literally so short but SO important, so pay attention 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

void al_unref_user_event(ALLEGRO_USER_EVENT *event)

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

So what this icon does is decrease the reference count of a user-defined event. That's it. That's the whole vibe. But like — you HAVE to call this on any user event you get from al_get_next_event(3), al_peek_next_event(3), al_wait_for_event(3), etc. that is reference counted. Not optional, bestie. It's giving "clean up after yourself" energy 🧹✨

And if the event is not reference counted? This function literally does nothing. Zero. Nada. It just vibes and moves on. No cap 🙈

Lowkey important reminder: reference counted events need their refs managed, and this is how you do the un-ref-ing part. Don't skip it unless you enjoy memory leaks (and we both know you don't 💀)

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• al_emit_user_event(3) — go look at this one too, iykyk
• ALLEGRO_USER_EVENT(3) — the whole type, iconic

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That's the whole page, bestie — short and sweet, just like this one. This was the Allegro reference manual for al_unref_user_event(3) — go forth and manage those reference counts responsibly 🫶💖🦋