Hi. I'm just wondering if the event queue ever needs to be cleared and if so how do I do it? I'm seeing the SDL_FlushEvent function and I'm assuming that's how clearing the queue would be done but I'm not sure if I need too or not. Consider this example code.


while(key.a != pressed)
{
dostuff();
}

while(key.b != pressed)
{
domorestuff();
}
endprogram();



The first loop runs until I hit a. While in the first loop I hit the b key. Assume b is not used in the first loop so it's just stored in the event queue. Now I hit a and break out of the first loop. The program immediately finds b and ends the program but I didn't want the program to end yet.

Is the problem I just pointed out valid?

If you use SDL_PollEvent or SDL_WaitEvent the events are removed from the event queue and there is no need to clear the queue yourself.

The entire queue is cleared after I poll once? So I can only process one event per frame?