SDL_GLContext(3type)

💅 SDL_GLContext 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL3 DATATYPES section of the manual, and today's main character is SDL_GLContext ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

SDL_GLContext — it's an opaque handle to an OpenGL context. that's it, that's the whole vibe. you don't get to peek inside, you just hold it and look cute 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <SDL3/SDL_video.h>

typedef struct SDL_GLContextState *SDL_GLContext;

so like, SDL_GLContext is literally just a pointer to a struct SDL_GLContextState. and SDL_GLContextState? never defined anywhere. it's giving mystery, it's giving "don't perceive me", it's giving opaque. that's on purpose, bestie — you're not supposed to touch the insides, you just pass the pointer around 💅

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🦋 AVAILABILITY 🦋

this datatype has been around since SDL 3.2.0. so if you're on anything older, no SDL_GLContext for you, sorry babe 😭

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

the friend group, the squad, the ensemble cast:

• SDL_GL_CreateContext(3) — how you actually get one of these bad boys
• SDL_GL_SetAttribute(3) — tweak the settings before you make it
• SDL_GL_MakeCurrent(3) — tell the thread whose context is whose
• SDL_GL_DestroyContext(3) — the goodbye, the cleanup, the "we're done here"

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fr fr, this is a type page, not a function page. there's no return value to check, no errors to catch, no exit status. it's just a typedef being iconic 👑

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and that's the whole page!! Simple Directmedia Layer brought you this one, it's SDL 3.4.18 era, and yes the datatype is SDL_GLContext(3type) — slay, go make some contexts, ily bye 💖🌸🦋✨