SDL_GPUCompareOp(3type)

💖 SDL_GPUCompareOp — a 3type from the SDL3 DATATYPES fam 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, because today we're talking about SDL_GPUCompareOp and honestly? it's giving "tiny enum, huge responsibilities" ✨

This one specifies a comparison operator for depth, stencil and sampler operations. that's it, that's the whole job, and it does it flawlessly 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

SDL_GPUCompareOp — specifies a comparison operator for depth, stencil and sampler operations. no cap, that's literally the assignment 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

pull it in like this, babes:

#include <SDL3/SDL_gpu.h>

typedef enum SDL_GPUCompareOp
{
    SDL_GPU_COMPAREOP_INVALID,
    SDL_GPU_COMPAREOP_NEVER,             /**< The comparison always evaluates false. */
    SDL_GPU_COMPAREOP_LESS,              /**< The comparison evaluates reference < test. */
    SDL_GPU_COMPAREOP_EQUAL,             /**< The comparison evaluates reference == test. */
    SDL_GPU_COMPAREOP_LESS_OR_EQUAL,     /**< The comparison evaluates reference <= test. */
    SDL_GPU_COMPAREOP_GREATER,           /**< The comparison evaluates reference > test. */
    SDL_GPU_COMPAREOP_NOT_EQUAL,         /**< The comparison evaluates reference != test. */
    SDL_GPU_COMPAREOP_GREATER_OR_EQUAL,  /**< The comparison evaluates reference >= test. */
    SDL_GPU_COMPAREOP_ALWAYS             /**< The comparison always evaluates true. */
} SDL_GPUCompareOp;

and here's the cast, one by one, so you know exactly what each vibe is 👑

• SDL_GPU_COMPAREOP_INVALID — the "no thoughts, head empty" option. it's the invalid one, the placeholder, the one you should not be shipping, bestie 🙈
• SDL_GPU_COMPAREOP_NEVER — the comparison always evaluates false. never. not once. not ever. it said "no" and meant it 💀
• SDL_GPU_COMPAREOP_LESS — the comparison evaluates reference < test. tiny little less-than moment 🌸
• SDL_GPU_COMPAREOP_EQUAL — the comparison evaluates reference == test. twin energy, matching vibes ✨
• SDL_GPU_COMPAREOP_LESS_OR_EQUAL — the comparison evaluates reference <= test. inclusive king/queen/monarch 👑
• SDL_GPU_COMPAREOP_GREATER — the comparison evaluates reference > test. big "I'm bigger than you" energy 🔥
• SDL_GPU_COMPAREOP_NOT_EQUAL — the comparison evaluates reference != test. the "we are NOT the same" option 💅
• SDL_GPU_COMPAREOP_GREATER_OR_EQUAL — the comparison evaluates reference >= test. generous AND demanding, we love a range 🎀
• SDL_GPU_COMPAREOP_ALWAYS — the comparison always evaluates true. always. main character energy, never misses, ate and left no crumbs 🌈

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🦋 AVAILABILITY 🦋

This enum is available since SDL 3.2.0. so if you're on something older, it's not ghosting you, it literally does not exist yet 😭

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• SDL_CreateGPUGraphicsPipeline(3) — the function that actually puts these comparison ops to work. iykyk 🧚

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quick vibe check: this is an enum, so every value here is a real, named constant. don't invent new ones, don't reorder them in your head, just pick the one that matches the comparison you actually mean 💜

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! written with love by the Simple Directmedia Layer girlies, from SDL 3.4.18, and yes this is SDL_GPUCompareOp(3type) signing off — go compare something responsibly 🍓💖