GLUERRORSTRING(3G)

💖 NAME 💖

gluErrorString — bestie, this is the one that turns a GL or GLU error code into an actual error string. no more staring at a mystery number like it's a cryptic text from a guy 🫶

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✨ C SPECIFICATION ✨

const GLubyte * gluErrorString( GLenum error )

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🎀 PARAMETERS 🎀

• error — the GL or GLU error code you're handing over. that's the whole vibe check right there.

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so gluErrorString produces an error string from a GL or GLU error code. the string it gives you back is in ISO Latin 1. for example, gluErrorString(GL_OUT_OF_MEMORY) returns the string out of memory. literally just hands you the words, no cap. 💅

the standard GLU error codes are GLU_INVALID_ENUM, GLU_INVALID_VALUE, and GLU_OUT_OF_MEMORY. that's the core trio, the main characters. 👑

but wait, there's more — certain other GLU functions can return specialized error codes through callbacks. so if you get something spicy back, that's why. for the full list of GL error codes, go check the glGetError reference page, it's giving encyclopedia. 📚

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😭 ERRORS 😭

NULL is returned if error is not a valid GL or GLU error code. like, if you made that number up? bestie, you get nothing back. empty handed. 🫥

fr fr, do not go passing random ints in here and expecting a cute little string. you will get NULL and you will deserve it (lovingly).

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• glGetError(3G)
• gluNurbsCallback(3G)
• gluQuadricCallback(3G)
• gluTessCallback(3G)

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was the GLUERRORSTRING(3G) manual page, section 3G, living its best life ✨ ty for reading, mwah 💖🦋🌸