SDL_IOStream(3type)

💖 NAME 💖

SDL_IOStream — the read/write operation structure, bestie. it's giving "the blueprint for all your I/O dreams" ✨

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <SDL3/SDL_iostream.h>

typedef struct SDL_IOStream SDL_IOStream;

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so real talk: this thing operates as an opaque handle. that means you don't poke at its insides, you just hold it and let it cook 💅

there are several APIs that can create all kinds of I/O streams for you, no cap. or — and this is the main character move — an app can hand an SDL_IOStreamInterface over to SDL_OpenIO() and provide their own stream implementation hiding behind this struct's abstract interface. lowkey iconic 🫶

so basically: either you use the built-in stream creators, or you roll your own behind the same vibe. periodt.

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⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

this struct has been available since SDL 3.2.0. she's not new new, but she's here 🌸

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mwah 💋 that's the whole page! brought to you by the lovely folks at Simple Directmedia Layer, SDL 3.4.18 edition, in the SDL3 DATATYPES collection. go slay some file descriptors for me, bestie 👑💖