Add enviroment callback to enable cores to notify the frontend that a core option value has changed #13079
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Description
At present, changes to core option values are unidirectional: frontend -> core.
As requested by twinaphex, this PR adds a new
RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_SET_VARIABLE
callback which can be used by a core to transmit option value changes back to the frontend. Possible applications of this are:The relevant API definition is as follows:
In addition, hash keys are now used to identify core option values to reduce overheads when performing lookups.
An example of the usage of this callback is provided here: libretro/gambatte-libretro#204