update_menu(3alleg4)

💖 update_menu — the Allegro manual, but make it make sense 💖

okay so bestie, we're in update_menu(3alleg4) territory — that's section 3 of the Allegro game programming library's manual, and this one is a low level little cutie. not the glow-up function, the plumbing function. iykyk 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

update_menu — a low level function to update a menu player, from the Allegro game programming library. she's behind the scenes, she's doing the work, she's not asking for credit 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro.h>

int update_menu(MENU_PLAYER *player);

like. one line in, one int out. iconic behavior honestly.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea 🍓 — update_menu() updates the status of a menu object that came back from init_menu(). that's it, that's the job.

it returns TRUE if the menu is still active, or FALSE if it has terminated. that's your vibe check right there: TRUE means keep going, FALSE means the menu said bye 👋

and when you get that FALSE back? it is up to you, bestie. nobody's coming to save you. you either call shutdown_menu() or you just… keep executing. your call, your main character moment, your responsibility. no cap. 😭

not me making you read the return value and actually do something about it 🙈

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• init_menu(3alleg4) — where the menu object is born 🎀
• shutdown_menu(3alleg4) — the graceful exit, for when FALSE hits 🌈
• do_menu(3alleg4) — the one you probably wanted in the first place 👑

and that's the whole page, fr fr. this was Allegro — version 4.4.3 — serving you update_menu(3alleg4) realness. stay hydrated, read your return values, and don't forget to shutdown_menu() 💜✨