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# SDL_RESTRICT

A macro to tag a pointer variable, to help with pointer aliasing.

## Header File

Defined in [<SDL3/SDL_begin_code.h>](https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/blob/main/include/SDL3/SDL_begin_code.h)

## Syntax

```c
#define SDL_RESTRICT __restrict__
```

## Remarks

A good explanation of the restrict keyword is here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrict

On compilers without restrict support, this is defined to nothing.

## Version

This macro is available since SDL 3.1.3.

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