First shot at merging the wiki documentation into the headers.

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Ryan C. Gordon
2021-03-21 14:18:39 -04:00
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@@ -51,22 +51,50 @@ extern "C" {
#endif
/**
* This function dynamically loads a shared object and returns a pointer
* to the object handle (or NULL if there was an error).
* The 'sofile' parameter is a system dependent name of the object file.
* Dynamically load a shared object.
*
* \param sofile a system-dependent name of the object file
* \returns an opaque pointer to the object handle or NULL if there was an
* error; call SDL_GetError() for more information.
*
* \sa SDL_LoadFunction
* \sa SDL_UnloadObject
*/
extern DECLSPEC void *SDLCALL SDL_LoadObject(const char *sofile);
/**
* Given an object handle, this function looks up the address of the
* named function in the shared object and returns it. This address
* is no longer valid after calling SDL_UnloadObject().
* Look up the address of the named function in a shared object.
*
* This function pointer is no longer valid after calling SDL_UnloadObject().
*
* This function can only look up C function names. Other languages may have
* name mangling and intrinsic language support that varies from compiler to
* compiler.
*
* Make sure you declare your function pointers with the same calling
* convention as the actual library function. Your code will crash
* mysteriously if you do not do this.
*
* If the requested function doesn't exist, NULL is returned.
*
* \param handle a valid shared object handle returned by SDL_LoadObject()
* \param name the name of the function to look up
* \returns a pointer to the function or NULL if there was an error; call
* SDL_GetError() for more information.
*
* \sa SDL_LoadObject
* \sa SDL_UnloadObject
*/
extern DECLSPEC void *SDLCALL SDL_LoadFunction(void *handle,
const char *name);
/**
* Unload a shared object from memory.
* Unload a shared object from memory.
*
* \param handle a valid shared object handle returned by SDL_LoadObject()
*
* \sa SDL_LoadFunction
* \sa SDL_LoadObject
*/
extern DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_UnloadObject(void *handle);