al_identify_bitmap(3alleg5)

💖 NAME 💖

al_identify_bitmap — it's giving Allegro 5 API, bestie ✨ (and yes, that little (3alleg5) after it is just the manual page's section tag, iykyk 🎀)

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

char const *al_identify_bitmap(char const *filename)

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so al_identify_bitmap is literally the exact same energy as al_identify_bitmap_f(3alleg5) — same behaviour, no cap — except you hand it the filename of the file you wanna type-detect, not a file handle. that's the whole plot twist 💅

and here's the iconic part: the extension on the filename you pass in? not taken into account. at all. nope. it does not care what you named the thing. picture.png? picture.wav? picture.definitely_not_a_bitmap? doesn't matter, bestie 🫶 it's looking at the file contents and only the file contents. content over branding, main character behaviour fr fr 👑

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⭐ SINCE ⭐

5.1.12 — she's been here since 5.1.12 and she's been slaying ever since 💅✨

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🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

• al_init_image_addon(3alleg5)
• al_identify_bitmap_f(3alleg5)
• al_register_bitmap_identifier(3alleg5)

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ngl bestie, if you got here from the wrong extension, that's the whole point 😭 the contents are the vibe check 💀

anyway that's the page!! it's from the Allegro reference manual (that's the source, right there in the footer) and it's the al_identify_bitmap(3alleg5) page, mwah 💖 go identify some bitmaps, you've got this, periodt 🎀🦋✨