Retrieve information about rendering and compute functions.
Framework
- Metal
Functions
Topics
Essentials
protocol MTLFunctionAn object representing a public shader function in the library.
Function Variants
Use function constants to create variants of a function.
class MTLFunctionA constant used to specialize the behavior of a shader.
class MTLFunctionA set of constant values used to specialize a graphics or compute function.
Function Argument Information
Retrieve information about a function's arguments.
struct MTLPipelineThe compilation options that determine which argument information to provide.
class MTLComputeInformation about the arguments of a compute function.
class MTLRenderInformation about the arguments of a graphics function.
class MTLArgumentInformation about an argument of a graphics or compute function.
class MTLTypeA description of a data type.
class MTLStructA description of a structure.
class MTLArrayA description of an array.
class MTLPointerA description of a pointer.
class MTLTextureA description of a texture.
enum MTLDataData types for function arguments.
enum MTLArgumentThe resource type associated with an argument of a function.
enum MTLArgumentFunction access restrictions to argument data in the shading language code.
See Also
Shaders
Shader Authoring
Write your GPU code in the Metal Shading Language.
Libraries
Organize your shaders into libraries.