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al_ref_buffer(3alleg5) al_ref_buffer(3alleg5)

al_ref_buffer - Allegro 5 API

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>
const ALLEGRO_USTR *al_ref_buffer(ALLEGRO_USTR_INFO *info, const char *s, size_t size)
    

Create a string that references the storage of an underlying buffer. The size of the buffer is given in bytes. You can use it to reference only part of a string or an arbitrary region of memory.

The string is valid while the underlying memory buffer is valid.

al_ref_cstr(3alleg5), al_ref_ustr(3alleg5)

Allegro reference manual