(This is the documentation for SDL3, which is the current stable version. SDL2 was the previous version!)

SDL_ReadIO

Read from a data source.

Header File

Syntax

size_t SDL_ReadIO(SDL_IOStream *context, void *ptr, size_t size);

Function Parameters

SDL_IOStream *	context	a pointer to an SDL_IOStream structure.
void *	ptr	a pointer to a buffer to read data into.
size_t	size	the number of bytes to read from the data source.

Return Value

(size_t) Returns the number of bytes read, or 0 on end of file or other failure; call SDL_GetError() for more information.

Remarks

This function reads up size bytes from the data source to the area pointed at by ptr. This function may read less bytes than requested.

This function will return zero when the data stream is completely read, and SDL_GetIOStatus() will return SDL_IO_STATUS_EOF. If zero is returned and the stream is not at EOF, SDL_GetIOStatus() will return a different error value and SDL_GetError() will offer a human-readable message.

Version

This function is available since SDL 3.1.3.