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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
Summary of Contents for c3700 - Workstation
Page 9: ...Chapter 1 9 1 A ...
Page 18: ...A glArrayElement Chapter 1 18 glNormalPointer glTexCoordPointer glVertexPointer ...
Page 19: ...Chapter 2 19 2 B ...
Page 40: ...B gluBuild2DMipmaps Chapter 2 40 ...
Page 41: ...Chapter 3 41 3 C ...
Page 49: ...C glXChooseVisual Chapter 3 49 See Also glXCreateContext glXGetConfig ...
Page 73: ...C glCopyPixels Chapter 3 73 glReadBuffer glReadPixels glStencilFunc ...
Page 84: ...C glCopyTexSubImage2D Chapter 3 84 glTexParameter glTexSubImage1D glTexSubImage2D ...
Page 93: ...Chapter 4 93 4 D ...
Page 99: ...D glDeleteTextures Chapter 4 99 glTexImage1D glTexImage2D glTexParameter ...
Page 127: ...Chapter 5 127 5 E ...
Page 148: ...E glEvalPoint Chapter 5 148 ...
Page 149: ...Chapter 6 149 6 F ...
Page 161: ...Chapter 7 161 7 G ...
Page 164: ...G glGenTextures Chapter 7 164 glTexImage1D glTexImage2D glTexParameter ...
Page 207: ...G glGetPointer Chapter 7 207 glSelectBuffer glTexCoordPointer glVertexPointer ...
Page 225: ...Chapter 8 225 8 H ...
Page 228: ...H glHint Chapter 8 228 ...
Page 229: ...Chapter 9 229 9 I ...
Page 248: ...I glIsTexture Chapter 9 248 ...
Page 249: ...Chapter 10 249 10 L ...
Page 256: ...L glLightModel Chapter 10 256 See Also glLight glMaterial ...
Page 271: ...Chapter 11 271 11 M ...
Page 291: ...Chapter 12 291 12 N ...
Page 312: ...N gluNurbsSurface Chapter 12 312 ...
Page 313: ...Chapter 13 313 13 O ...
Page 317: ...Chapter 14 317 14 P ...
Page 360: ...P glPushName Chapter 14 360 See Also glInitNames glLoadName glRenderMode glSelectBuffer ...
Page 362: ...P gluPwlCurve Chapter 14 362 ...
Page 363: ...Chapter 15 363 15 Q ...
Page 372: ...Q glXQueryVersion Chapter 15 372 glXQueryVersion ...
Page 373: ...Chapter 16 373 16 R ...
Page 390: ...R glRotate Chapter 16 390 ...
Page 391: ...Chapter 17 391 17 S ...
Page 397: ...S glScissor Chapter 17 397 See Also glEnable glViewport ...
Page 409: ...Chapter 18 409 18 T ...
Page 448: ...T glTexImage3DEXT Chapter 18 448 glTexGen glTexImage1D glTexImage2D glTexParameter ...
Page 457: ...T glTexSubImage1D Chapter 18 457 glTexImage2D glTexParameter glTexSubImage2D ...
Page 465: ...T glTranslate Chapter 18 465 See Also glMatrixMode glMultMatrix glPushMatrix glScale ...
Page 466: ...T glTranslate Chapter 18 466 ...
Page 467: ...Chapter 19 467 19 U ...
Page 469: ...U gluUnProject Chapter 19 469 See Also glGet gluProject ...
Page 471: ...U glXUseXFont Chapter 19 471 See Also glBitmap glXMakeCurrent ...
Page 472: ...U glXUseXFont Chapter 19 472 ...
Page 473: ...Chapter 20 473 20 V ...
Page 482: ...V glVisibilityBufferhp Chapter 20 482 ...
Page 483: ...Chapter 21 483 21 W ...
Page 486: ...W glXWaitX Chapter 21 486 ...