glBindFragDataLocation — bind a user-defined varying out variable to a fragment shader color number
| void glBindFragDataLocation( | GLuint program, | 
| GLuint colorNumber, | |
| const char * name ); | 
program
                
              
            The name of the program containing varying out variable whose binding to modify
colorNumber
                
              
            The color number to bind the user-defined varying out variable to
name
                
              
            The name of the user-defined varying out variable whose binding to modify
            glBindFragDataLocation explicitly specifies the binding of the user-defined varying out variable
            name to fragment shader color number colorNumber for program
            program. If name was bound previously, its assigned binding is replaced
            with colorNumber. name must be a null-terminated string. colorNumber
            must be less than GL_MAX_DRAW_BUFFERS.
        
            The bindings specified by glBindFragDataLocation have no effect until program
            is next linked. Bindings may be specified at any time after program has been created. Specifically,
            they may be specified before shader objects are attached to the program. Therefore, any name may be specified in name,
            including a name that is never used as a varying out variable in any fragment shader object. Names beginning with gl_ are
            reserved by the GL.
        
            In addition to the errors generated by glBindFragDataLocation, the
            program program will fail to link if:
            
                        The number of active outputs is greater than the value GL_MAX_DRAW_BUFFERS.
                    
More than one varying out variable is bound to the same color number.
            Varying out varyings may have indexed locations assigned explicitly in the shader text using a location
            layout qualifier. If a shader statically assigns a location to a varying out variable in the shader text,
            that location is used and any location assigned with glBindFragDataLocation is ignored.
        
            GL_INVALID_VALUE is generated if colorNumber is greater than or equal to GL_MAX_DRAW_BUFFERS.
        
            GL_INVALID_OPERATION is generated if name starts with the reserved gl_ prefix.
        
            GL_INVALID_OPERATION is generated if program is not the name of a program object.
        
glGetFragDataLocation with a valid program object and the name of a user-defined varying out variable
| OpenGL Version | ||||||||||||
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| Function / Feature Name | 2.0 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 
| glBindFragDataLocation | - | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 
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