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buffer_send_end_signal

January 19th 2020
Cause the buffer to reset it's lifetime

Signature

C++
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buffer_send_end_signal(Application_Links* app,
                       Buffer_ID buffer_id);

Parameters

app

the standard custom layer context pointer

buffer_id

the id of the buffer to receive the signal

Return

non-zero on success, when the buffer exists, zero otherwise

Details

When a buffer's end signal is sent, it's managed scope is cleared, as if it had been destroyed and recreated, and the buffer end hook is run on the buffer. The upshot of this is that it is as if the buffer were closed and re-opened except that it still has the same id.