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G glGetError 194 glGetError glGetError: return error information. C Specification GLenum glGetError(void) Description glGetError returns the value of the error flag. Each detectable error is assigned a numeric code and symbolic name. When an error occurs, the error flag is set to the appropriate error code value. No other errors are recorded until glGetError is called, the error code is returned, and the flag is reset to GL_NO_ERROR. If a call to glGetError returns GL_NO_ERROR, there has been no detectable error since the last call to glGetError, or since the GL was initialized. To allow for distributed implementations, there may be several error flags. If any single error flag has recorded an error, the value of that flag is returned and that flag is reset to GL_NO_ERROR when glGetError is called. If more than one flag has recorded an error, glGetError returns and clears an arbitrary error flag value. Thus, glGetError should always be called in a loop, until it returns GL_NO_ERROR, if all error flags are to be reset. Initially, all error flags are set to GL_NO_ERROR. The following errors are currently defined: GL_NO_ERROR No error has been recorded. The value of this symbolic constant is guaranteed to be 0. GL_INVALID_ENUM An unacceptable value is specified for an enumerated argument. The offending command is ignored, and has no other side effect than to set the error flag. GL_INVALID_VALUE A numeric argument is out of range. The offending command is ignored, and has no other side effect than to set the error flag. GL_INVALID_OPERATION The specified operation is not allowed in the current state. The offending command is ignored, and has no other side effect than to set the error flag. GL_STACK_OVERFLOW This command would cause a stack overflow. The offending command is ignored, and has no other side effect than to set the error flag. GL_STACK_UNDERFLOW This command would cause a stack underflow. The offending command is ignored, and has no other side effect than to set the error flag. GL_OUT_OF_MEMORY Chapter 7

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glGetError
Chapter 7
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glGetError
glGetError
: return error information.
C Specification
GLenum glGetError(void)
Description
glGetError returns the value of the error flag. Each detectable error is assigned a
numeric code and symbolic name. When an error occurs, the error flag is set to the
appropriate error code value. No other errors are recorded until glGetError is called, the
error code is returned, and the flag is reset to GL_NO_ERROR. If a call to glGetError
returns GL_NO_ERROR, there has been no detectable error since the last call to
glGetError, or since the GL was initialized.
To allow for distributed implementations, there may be several error flags. If any single
error flag has recorded an error, the value of that flag is returned and that flag is reset to
GL_NO_ERROR when glGetError is called. If more than one flag has recorded an error,
glGetError returns and clears an arbitrary error flag value. Thus, glGetError should
always be called in a loop, until it returns GL_NO_ERROR, if all error flags are to be
reset.
Initially, all error flags are set to GL_NO_ERROR.
The following errors are currently defined:
GL_NO_ERROR
No error has been recorded. The value of this symbolic constant is guaranteed to be 0.
GL_INVALID_ENUM
An unacceptable value is specified for an enumerated argument. The offending
command is ignored, and has no other side effect than to set the error flag.
GL_INVALID_VALUE
A numeric argument is out of range. The offending command is ignored, and has no
other side effect than to set the error flag.
GL_INVALID_OPERATION
The specified operation is not allowed in the current state. The offending command is
ignored, and has no other side effect than to set the error flag.
GL_STACK_OVERFLOW
This command would cause a stack overflow. The offending command is ignored, and has
no other side effect than to set the error flag.
GL_STACK_UNDERFLOW
This command would cause a stack underflow. The offending command is ignored, and
has no other side effect than to set the error flag.
GL_OUT_OF_MEMORY