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Expand Up @@ -1966,7 +1966,7 @@ Each value corresponds to a particular structure with a pname:sType member
with a matching name.
As a general rule, the name of each elink:VkStructureType value is obtained
by taking the name of the structure, stripping the leading etext:Vk,
prefixing each capital letter with etext:_, converting the entire resulting
prefixing each capital letter except the first with etext:_, converting the entire resulting
string to upper case, and prefixing it with etext:VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_.
For example, structures of type slink:VkImageCreateInfo correspond to a
elink:VkStructureType value of ename:VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_CREATE_INFO,
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