NAME¶

SDL_InvalidParamError - A macro to standardize error reporting on unsupported operations.

HEADER FILE¶

Defined in SDL3/SDL_error.h

SYNOPSIS¶

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

#define SDL_InvalidParamError(param)    SDL_SetError(Parameter'%s'isinvalid",(param))

DESCRIPTION¶

This simply calls SDL_SetError () with a standardized error string, for convenience, consistency, and clarity.

A common usage pattern inside SDL is this:

bool MyFunction(const char *str) {


    if (!str) {


        return SDL_InvalidParamError("str");  // returns false.


    }


    DoSomething(str);


    return true;
}
    

THREAD SAFETY¶

It is safe to call this macro from any thread.

AVAILABILITY¶

This macro is available since SDL 3.2.0.