SDL_LogCategory(3type)

💖 SDL_LogCategory — the SDL3 DATATYPES tea 💖

okay bestie, pull up a chair, because we're talking about SDL_LogCategory, straight out of the SDL3 datatypes section. it's an enum, it's iconic, and it's literally just a list of the predefined log categories. that's it. that's the whole girl. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

SDL_LogCategory — the predefined log categories 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

no cap, this is the whole thing. copy it exactly, don't freestyle:

#include <SDL3/SDL_log.h>

typedef enum SDL_LogCategory
{
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_ERROR,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_ASSERT,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_SYSTEM,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_AUDIO,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_VIDEO,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RENDER,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_INPUT,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_TEST,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_GPU,

    /* Reserved for future SDL library use */
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RESERVED2,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RESERVED3,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RESERVED4,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RESERVED5,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RESERVED6,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RESERVED7,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RESERVED8,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RESERVED9,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RESERVED10,

    /* Beyond this point is reserved for application use, e.g.
       enum {
           MYAPP_CATEGORY_AWESOME1 = SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_CUSTOM,
           MYAPP_CATEGORY_AWESOME2,
           MYAPP_CATEGORY_AWESOME3,
           ...
       };
     */
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_CUSTOM
} SDL_LogCategory;

see those SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RESERVED2 through SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RESERVED10? yeah, those are reserved for future SDL library use — so hands off, they're not yours, SDL is holding them for later. 🙈

and past that? everything beyond is reserved for application use, so you can start your own enum at SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_CUSTOM and name your categories whatever your little heart desires. MYAPP_CATEGORY_AWESOME1 is genuinely a real example in the source, and honestly? slay. 👑

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

ok so by default, here's the vibe check on what's enabled and at what level:

• the application and gpu categories are enabled at the INFO level
• the assert category is enabled at the WARN level
• test is enabled at the VERBOSE level
• and all other categories are enabled at the ERROR level

that's the whole default situation. no notes. 🫶

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⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

this enum is available since SDL 3.2.0. she's been around, she's stable, she ate. 🔥

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quick reminder bestie: those RESERVED2–RESERVED10 values are not for you. don't assign them, don't count on them, just let SDL do its thing. iykyk. 💀

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and that's the page!! brought to you by the lovely humans at Simple Directmedia Layer, rocking version SDL 3.4.18, filed under SDL_LogCategory(3type) in the SDL3 datatypes era. mwah, go log something cute. 💖✨🎀🦋🌸