ALLEGRO_INDEX_BUFFER(3alleg5)

💖 ALLEGRO_INDEX_BUFFER 💖

ok so bestie, welcome to the 3alleg5 corner of the Allegro 5 API ✨ this one's short and sweet but it's genuinely iconic, so let's go 🌸

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro5/allegro_primitives.h>

typedef struct ALLEGRO_INDEX_BUFFER ALLEGRO_INDEX_BUFFER;

like, that's the whole thing. it's a struct, it's opaque, we move 💅

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so <rainbow>ALLEGRO_INDEX_BUFFER</rainbow> is a GPU index buffer 🦋 and what that lets you do is store the indices of vertices that live in a vertex buffer right there on the GPU, instead of re-uploading them fresh every single time you draw something.

basically? no more yeeting your indices across the bus every frame. they just live there. main character energy, honestly 👑

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⭐ SINCE ⭐

5.1.8 — so it's been around a minute, she's established 🎀

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🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

• al_create_index_buffer(3alleg5) — you make one of these bad boys 💖
• al_destroy_index_buffer(3alleg5) — and you clean up after yourself, periodt 💀

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k that's the page!! this was the Allegro reference manual, section 3alleg5, and yeah no date on the footer bestie so we're keeping it timeless 💅✨ bye ily, go index something 🦋🌸