al_trace(3alleg4)

📦 version 4.4.3.1, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 NAME 💖

al_trace — outputs a debugging trace message. This is part of the Allegro game programming library, bestie. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro.h>

void al_trace(const char *msg, ...);

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so al_trace outputs a debugging trace message, and it uses a printf() format string given in ASCII. Like, ASCII bestie, not your emoji keyboard. 💅

If you have installed a custom trace handler, it uses that. Or, if the environment variable ALLEGRO_TRACE is set, it writes into the file specified by the environment. Otherwise, it writes the message to "allegro.log" in the current directory. That's the whole fallback chain, no cap. 🦋

You will usually want to use the TRACE() macro instead of calling this function directly. That's the move, periodt. 👑

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

k thanks byeee 💅✨ this page is from the Allegro manual, version 4.4.3, and the footer is giving al_trace(3alleg4). date? not listed here, bestie, so we're just gonna vibe with that. 🫶

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