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<p>Generic function pointer used for returning client API function pointers without forcing a cast from a regular pointer. </p>

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<p>This function returns whether the specified <a class="el" href="context.html#context_glext">OpenGL or context creation API extension</a> is supported by the current context. For example, on Windows both the OpenGL and WGL extension strings are checked.</p>
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<p>This function returns the window whose context is current on the calling thread.</p>
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<p>This function returns the address of the specified <a class="el" href="context.html#context_glext">client API or extension function</a>, if it is supported by the current context.</p>
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<p>This function makes the context of the specified window current on the calling thread. A context can only be made current on a single thread at a time and each thread can have only a single current context at a time.</p>
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<p>This function swaps the front and back buffers of the specified window. If the swap interval is greater than zero, the GPU driver waits the specified number of screen updates before swapping the buffers.</p>
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<p>This function sets the swap interval for the current context, i.e. the number of screen updates to wait before swapping the buffers of a window and returning from <a class="el" href="group__context.html#ga15a5a1ee5b3c2ca6b15ca209a12efd14">glfwSwapBuffers</a>. This is sometimes called 'vertical synchronization', 'vertical retrace synchronization' or 'vsync'.</p>
<p>Contexts that support either of the <code>WGL_EXT_swap_control_tear</code> and <code>GLX_EXT_swap_control_tear</code> extensions also accept negative swap intervals, which allow the driver to swap even if a frame arrives a little bit late. You can check for the presence of these extensions using <a class="el" href="group__context.html#ga87425065c011cef1ebd6aac75e059dfa">glfwExtensionSupported</a>. For more information about swap tearing, see the extension specifications.</p>
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