SDL_GPUSTORAGEBUFFERREADWRITEBINDING(3type)

💅 SDL_GPUStorageBufferReadWriteBinding

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL3 DATATYPES section, this one's called SDL_GPUStorageBufferReadWriteBinding(3type) and it's literally just a lil struct that holds the deets for binding buffers inside a compute pass. so unserious of a struct, so important to your pipeline. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

SDL_GPUStorageBufferReadWriteBinding — a structure specifying parameters related to binding buffers in a compute pass. yes queen, that's the whole job. 🌸

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🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

first things first, go get the header:

#include <SDL3/SDL_gpu.h>

and here's the struct in all her glory, no cap, every field included:

typedef struct SDL_GPUStorageBufferReadWriteBinding
{
    SDL_GPUBuffer *buffer;  /**< The buffer to bind. Must have been created with SDL_GPU_BUFFERUSAGE_COMPUTE_STORAGE_WRITE. */
    bool cycle;             /**< true cycles the buffer if it is already bound. */
    Uint8 padding1;
    Uint8 padding2;
    Uint8 padding3;
} SDL_GPUStorageBufferReadWriteBinding;

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🫶 DESCRIPTION 🫶

so like, imagine you're setting up a compute pass and you need to tell SDL "hey bestie, here's the storage buffer I want bound for read+write". that's this struct. it's giving ✨parameters✨. it is the thing you hand over when you're binding buffers in a compute pass.

let's break the fields down one by one, because we do not skip. ever. 💖

• buffer — the buffer to bind. ⚠️ and this is the part where you listen to me: it must have been created with SDL_GPU_BUFFERUSAGE_COMPUTE_STORAGE_WRITE. not vibes, not hopes, that flag. periodt.
• cycle — a bool. when it's true, it cycles the buffer if it is already bound. if it's already bound and you want it cycled, this is your girl. 🔥
• padding1 — a Uint8. it's padding. she's there for the layout, she's not here for the drama. 💅
• padding2 — another Uint8. more padding. iconic, honestly.
• padding3 — a third Uint8. yes bestie, there are three of them, and every single one of them is staying in this doc. 🙈

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👑 AVAILABILITY 👑

this struct is available since SDL 3.2.0. so if you're on something older... no she didn't. upgrade. 💀

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• SDL_BeginGPUComputePass(3) — go read her next, iykyk, that's where this struct actually gets put to work. ✨

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and that's the whole page, bestie, you ate that. stay slaying, stay binding, stay cycling. 🌈

this has been Simple Directmedia Layer, SDL 3.4.18 edition, filed under SDL_GPUStorageBufferReadWriteBinding(3type) — mwah, take care of her 💜