getting the name of OpenGL errors

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#1

hello

the error code of an opengl error can easily be gotten by
gl.glGetError();

now is there an easy way to get the human readable name of this error, without a huge switch-case block?

thanks!

#2

There are only 7 or so error codes, so the switch doesn’t seem that big a deal. You can’t get a very specific error description out of OpenGL though. You basically have to deduce what actually went wrong based on the context in which the error occurs. DebugGL helps…

#3

The DebugGL pipeline will give you the error name, so you could either switch to using it when debugging, or look into it’s source to see how it’s done.

#4

glu.gluGetString(int)

#5

thanks guys!