Why is SDL2 providing event values that are incorrect? - c++

Question

I'm using SDL2 v2.0.9-3, 64 bit, with VS2019 C++. SDL_PollEvent returns events whose type field contains values that are incorrect. The returned values are consistent, but wrong, ALWAYS!
I'm running code that worked correctly with older versions of the library and VC compilers. I've tried building with VC2015 with the same result. I've also tried using the VCPKG version and compiling SDL2 from scratch. Always the same result.
Here's my code (with some debug output statements):
auto loop = true;
SDL_Event event;
long eventCounter = 0;
while (loop) {
while (SDL_PollEvent(&event)) {
std::wstringstream s;
s << "Event " << eventCounter++ << ", Type: 0x" << hex << event.type << std::endl;
OutputDebugString(s.str().c_str());
if (event.type == SDL_QUIT)
loop = false;
if (event.type == SDL_KEYDOWN) {
switch (event.key.keysym.sym) {
case SDLK_ESCAPE:
loop = false;
break;
case SDLK_SPACE:
DoSomething();
break;
default:
break;
}
}
}
keydown returns 0x10002 (bigger value than SDL_LASTEVENT - should be 0x300) and keyup returns 0x3 (should be 0x301). All other events are also consistent but wrong. Any clues?

Answer 1

Thank you Cubic! Your response clued me in to the problem. I had both SDL1 and SDL2 installed in vcpkg, so, even though I was including the correct header files, my program apparently was getting the SDL1 library linked in! I removed SDL1 from vcpkg and the problem went away.
It would seem that they should be able to coexist in a package manager, but I guess not. Lesson learned, don't have both SDL1 and SDL2 installed in vcpkg!