SDL_GPUBuffer(3type)

💖 SDL_GPUBuffer 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the SDL3 DATATYPES corner of the manual — this one's about SDL_GPUBuffer, and yes it's a 3type page, slay.

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✨ NAME ✨

SDL_GPUBuffer — an opaque handle representing a buffer. that's it, that's the whole vibe. it's opaque, meaning you do not peek inside, you just hold it and trust the process 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <SDL3/SDL_gpu.h>

typedef struct SDL_GPUBuffer SDL_GPUBuffer;

like. that's the entire declaration. a struct so mysterious it doesn't even show you its fields. main character energy fr fr 👑

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so what's it for? SDL_GPUBuffer is the handle you use for:

• vertices
• indices
• indirect draw commands
• and general compute data

basically if the GPU needs to read or write a big ol' pile of bytes, this is the little handle you pass around. no cap. 🌸

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✨ AVAILABILITY ✨

this struct has been around since SDL 3.2.0. so if you're on anything older, sorry bestie, it's giving "not found" 😭

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the whole friend group, in order, no skips:

• SDL_CreateGPUBuffer(3)
• SDL_UploadToGPUBuffer(3)
• SDL_DownloadFromGPUBuffer(3)
• SDL_CopyGPUBufferToBuffer(3)
• SDL_BindGPUVertexBuffers(3)
• SDL_BindGPUIndexBuffer(3)
• SDL_BindGPUVertexStorageBuffers(3)
• SDL_BindGPUFragmentStorageBuffers(3)
• SDL_DrawGPUPrimitivesIndirect(3)
• SDL_DrawGPUIndexedPrimitivesIndirect(3)
• SDL_BindGPUComputeStorageBuffers(3)
• SDL_DispatchGPUComputeIndirect(3)
• SDL_ReleaseGPUBuffer(3)

go read them all, i'll wait 💅

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and that's the page!! this came to you straight from Simple Directmedia Layer, version SDL 3.4.18, and yeah the whole thing is filed under SDL_GPUBuffer(3type). mwah, love u, go render something gorgeous 🎀🦋✨