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# MTLFunctionType

The type of a top-level Metal Shading Language (MSL) function.

```
enum MTLFunctionType
```

## Topics

### Function types

[`MTLFunctionType.vertex`](/documentation/Metal/MTLFunctionType/vertex)

A vertex function you can use in a render pipeline state object.

[`MTLFunctionType.fragment`](/documentation/Metal/MTLFunctionType/fragment)

A fragment function you can use in a render pipeline state object.

[`MTLFunctionType.kernel`](/documentation/Metal/MTLFunctionType/kernel)

A kernel you can use in a compute pipeline state object.

[`MTLFunctionType.intersection`](/documentation/Metal/MTLFunctionType/intersection)

A function you can use in an intersection function table.

[`MTLFunctionType.visible`](/documentation/Metal/MTLFunctionType/visible)

A function you can use in a visible function table.


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