AL_ID(3alleg)

AL_ID3alleg

Converts four 8 bit values to a packed 32 bit integer id. allegro game programming library.

Usage

#include <allegro.h>

Macro AL_ID(a,b,c,d)

Overview

This macro can be used to create a packed 32 bit integer from 8 bit characters, on both 32 and 64 bit machines. These can be used for various things, like custom datafile objects or system IDs. Example:

   #define OSTYPE_LINUX       AL_ID('T','U','X',' ')

Releases

3 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0–6.0

From liballegro-doc 2:4.2.2-2.2 in Debian 6.0 (Squeeze). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.