al_have_opengl_extension

bool al_have_opengl_extension(const char *extension) Introduced in 5.0.0

This function is a helper to determine whether an OpenGL extension is available on the given display or not.

Example:

bool packedpixels = al_have_opengl_extension("GL_EXT_packed_pixels");

If packedpixels is true then you can safely use the constants related to the packed pixels extension.

Returns true if the extension is available; false otherwise.

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