Document that findEntryPointByName is not applicable if there is no [shader(...)] attribute

aleino-nv · aleino-nv · commit 8cd77f1d3bff · 2025-02-26T11:23:00.000+02:00
diff --git a/include/slang.h b/include/slang.h
@@ -4356,6 +4356,9 @@ struct IModule : public IComponentType
 {
     SLANG_COM_INTERFACE(0xc720e64, 0x8722, 0x4d31, {0x89, 0x90, 0x63, 0x8a, 0x98, 0xb1, 0xc2, 0x79})
 
+    /// Find and an entry point by name.
+    /// Note that this does not work in case the function is not explicitly designated as an entry point, e.g. using a `[shader("...")]` attribute.
+    /// In such cases, consider using `IModule::findAndCheckEntryPoint` instead.
     virtual SLANG_NO_THROW SlangResult SLANG_MCALL
     findEntryPointByName(char const* name, IEntryPoint** outEntryPoint) = 0;
 

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -4356,6 +4356,9 @@ struct IModule : public IComponentType`
`4356`	`4356`	`{`
`4357`	`4357`	`SLANG_COM_INTERFACE(0xc720e64, 0x8722, 0x4d31, {0x89, 0x90, 0x63, 0x8a, 0x98, 0xb1, 0xc2, 0x79})`
`4358`	`4358`
	`4359`	`+ /// Find and an entry point by name.`
	`4360`	+ /// Note that this does not work in case the function is not explicitly designated as an entry point, e.g. using a `[shader("...")]` attribute.
	`4361`	+ /// In such cases, consider using `IModule::findAndCheckEntryPoint` instead.
`4359`	`4362`	`virtual SLANG_NO_THROW SlangResult SLANG_MCALL`
`4360`	`4363`	`findEntryPointByName(char const* name, IEntryPoint** outEntryPoint) = 0;`
`4361`	`4364`