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# MTLIOCompressionStatus

Represents the final state of a compression context.

```
enum MTLIOCompressionStatus
```

## Overview

The [`MTLIOFlushAndDestroyCompressionContext(_:)`](/documentation/Metal/MTLIOFlushAndDestroyCompressionContext(_:)) returns an [`MTLIOCompressionStatus`](/documentation/Metal/MTLIOCompressionStatus) instance to reflect the final state of a compression context.

## Topics

### Compression result states

[`MTLIOCompressionStatus.complete`](/documentation/Metal/MTLIOCompressionStatus/complete)

Indicates the compression API successfully flushed and destroyed a compression context.

[`MTLIOCompressionStatus.error`](/documentation/Metal/MTLIOCompressionStatus/error)

Indicates the compression API had an error while flushing and destroying a compression context.


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