SDL_IOWhence(3type)

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version 3.4.18 · 9 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

✨ SDL_IOWhence(3type) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL3 DATATYPES corner of the manual 💖 this one's a lil baby page but it's lowkey important, iykyk. it's the enum that tells your I/O streams where to seek to. yes queen, positioning. main character energy fr.

🌸 NAME 🌸

SDL_IOWhence — the possible whence values for SDL_IOStream seeking 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <SDL3/SDL_iostream.h>

typedef enum SDL_IOWhence
{
    SDL_IO_SEEK_SET,  /**< Seek from the beginning of data */
    SDL_IO_SEEK_CUR,  /**< Seek relative to current read point */
    SDL_IO_SEEK_END   /**< Seek relative to the end of data */
} SDL_IOWhence;

she's small but she's mighty 💅 and every single one of those enumerators matters, so let's break it down:

  • SDL_IO_SEEK_SET — seek from the beginning of the data. like, the very start. the origin story. 🦋
  • SDL_IO_SEEK_CUR — seek relative to the current read point. wherever you are right now, that's your home base. 📍
  • SDL_IO_SEEK_END — seek relative to the end of the data. the finish line, the finale, the last episode 🌈

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so basically, these map to the same "whence" concept that fseek or lseek use in the standard C runtime. that's it. that's the whole vibe. if you already know fseek, you already know her — she's just wearing a cuter outfit now 🎀✨

no cap, this is one of those "if you get it you get it" situations. and now you get it. periodt. 💅

🫶 AVAILABILITY 🫶

this enum has been around since SDL 3.2.0 ⭐ so if you're on anything older, sorry babe, she's not there yet 😭

💀 friendly reminder: keep the enumerator names exactly as written — SDL_IO_SEEK_SET, SDL_IO_SEEK_CUR, SDL_IO_SEEK_END. no shortcuts, no nicknames, no lowercase. the compiler is not forgiving and she will absolutely humble you 🙈

and that's the whole page bestie, you ate that 🍓 this was SDL_IOWhence(3type), from the SDL3 DATATYPES collection, brought to you by the lovely folks at Simple Directmedia Layer — this particular copy being SDL 3.4.18 💖 mwah, go write something iconic, ily 👑🧚

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