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# addUserResource(_:)

Registers a resource for residency on all command encoders used by this simulation.

```
final func addUserResource(_ resource: any MTLResource)
```

## Discussion

Only needed when buffers or textures are passed indirectly through structures
using Metal Tier 2 Argument Buffers, since Metal cannot discover those resources
automatically.

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