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"titlepage"></div><div class=
"refnamediv"><h2>Name
</h2><p>glGenBuffers — generate buffer object names
</p></div><div class=
"refsynopsisdiv"><h2>C Specification
</h2><div class=
"funcsynopsis"><table border=
"0" summary=
"Function synopsis" cellspacing=
"0" cellpadding=
"0"><tr><td><code class=
"funcdef">void
<b class=
"fsfunc">glGenBuffers
</b>(
</code></td><td>GLsizei
</td><td><var class=
"pdparam">n
</var>,
</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>GLuint *
</td><td><var class=
"pdparam">buffers
</var><code>)
</code>;
</td></tr></table></div></div><div class=
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"en" xml:
lang=
"en"><a id=
"parameters"></a><h2>Parameters
</h2><div class=
"variablelist"><dl><dt><span class=
"term"><em class=
"parameter"><code>n
</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
5 Specifies the number of buffer object names to be generated.
6 </p></dd><dt><span class=
"term"><em class=
"parameter"><code>buffers
</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
7 Specifies an array in which the generated buffer object names are stored.
8 </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class=
"refsect1" lang=
"en" xml:
lang=
"en"><a id=
"description"></a><h2>Description
</h2><p>
9 <code class=
"function">glGenBuffers
</code> returns
<em class=
"parameter"><code>n
</code></em> buffer object names in
<em class=
"parameter"><code>buffers
</code></em>.
10 There is no guarantee that the names form a contiguous set of integers;
11 however, it is guaranteed that none of the returned names was in use
12 immediately before the call to
<code class=
"function">glGenBuffers
</code>.
14 Buffer object names returned by a call to
<code class=
"function">glGenBuffers
</code> are not returned by
15 subsequent calls, unless they are first deleted with
16 <a href=
"glDeleteBuffers.xml"><span class=
"citerefentry"><span class=
"refentrytitle">glDeleteBuffers
</span></span></a>.
18 No buffer objects are associated with the returned buffer object names until they are first bound by calling
19 <a href=
"glBindBuffer.xml"><span class=
"citerefentry"><span class=
"refentrytitle">glBindBuffer
</span></span></a>.
20 </p></div><div class=
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lang=
"en"><a id=
"errors"></a><h2>Errors
</h2><p>
21 <code class=
"constant">GL_INVALID_VALUE
</code> is generated if
<em class=
"parameter"><code>n
</code></em> is negative.
22 </p></div><div class=
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"associatedgets"></a><h2>Associated Gets
</h2><p>
23 <a href=
"glIsBuffer.xml"><span class=
"citerefentry"><span class=
"refentrytitle">glIsBuffer
</span></span></a>
24 </p></div><div class=
"refsect1" lang=
"en" xml:
lang=
"en"><a id=
"seealso"></a><h2>See Also
</h2><p>
25 <a href=
"glBindBuffer.xml"><span class=
"citerefentry"><span class=
"refentrytitle">glBindBuffer
</span></span></a>,
26 <a href=
"glDeleteBuffers.xml"><span class=
"citerefentry"><span class=
"refentrytitle">glDeleteBuffers
</span></span></a>,
27 <a href=
"glGet.xml"><span class=
"citerefentry"><span class=
"refentrytitle">glGet
</span></span></a>
28 </p></div><div class=
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lang=
"en"><a id=
"Copyright"></a><h2>Copyright
</h2><p>
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<span class=
"trademark"></span>©
2005 Addison-Wesley.
30 This material may be distributed subject to the terms and conditions set forth in
31 the Open Publication License, v
1.0,
8 June
1999.
32 <a href=
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