Update documentation to reflect the recommended way SDL_StorageReady() should be used
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…()` should be used (addresses libsdl-org#12201)
slouken
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Feb 26, 2025
| * bool quit = false; | ||
| * while (!quit) { | ||
| * // This part is key: You must keep polling events when waiting on | ||
| * // storage to be ready (SDL_StorageReady() returns true). Events |
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| * // storage to be ready (SDL_StorageReady() returns true). Events | |
| * // storage to be ready (SDL_StorageReady() returns true). Event |
slouken
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| * // Game/graphics/sound/etc. logic here, only using data known to | ||
| * // already be valid right now. Logic would set readGameDataNow and/or | ||
| * // saveDataOp when needed, then could wait for them every logic tick |
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A single step of updating the game logic. In classical 60 FPS games, it'd be a single frame.
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So this got much more complicated. We can create an article with the storage best practices, but is there a way to simplify this? |
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Yeah, this needs to move to the wiki if it needs this much code. |
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The example code had to get a bit bigger, since demonstrating the proper usage pattern for
SDL_StorageReady()requires showing a main loop with the readiness checking inside.