GLEW _First was nullptr - c++

Question

So I have been working on a game through C++ with GLFW and GLEW and everything was going fine until I implemented GLEW then I get an error that I have never encountered before and I don't have the foggiest on what to do, I have googled it and done some research but to no avail. I have noticed that in the stack frame section it says something to do with this line of code in my main.cpp
std::cout << glGetString(GL_VERSION) << std::endl;
Also it says something to do with memory. I'll leave the rest of my code down below and if there's any info you need just ask and I will try my best to provide it
So I just discovered if i take out
std::cout << glGetString(GL_VERSION) << std::endl;
then it works however the window isn't created.
Where do I go from here?
Any idea?
#include "src\graphics\window.h"
int main() {
using namespace benji;
using namespace graphics;
Window window("Benji Engine", 1280, 720);
glClearColor(0.2f, 0.3f, 0.8f, 1.0f);
std::cout << glGetString(GL_VERSION) << std::endl;``
while (!window.closed()) {
std::cout << window.getWidth() << ", " << window.getHeight() << std::endl;
window.clear();
glBegin(GL_TRIANGLES);
glVertex2f(-0.5f, -0.5f);
glVertex2f(0.0f, 0.5f);
glVertex2f(0.5f, -0.5f);
glEnd();
window.update();
}
return 0;
}
main.h
#pragma once
class main
{
public:
main();
~main();
};
window.cpp
#include "window.h"
namespace benji { namespace graphics {
void windowResize(GLFWwindow *window, int width, int height);
Window::Window(const char *title, int width, int height) {
m_Title = title;
m_Width = width;
m_Height = height;
if (!init()) {
glfwTerminate();
}
}
Window::~Window() {
glfwTerminate();
}
bool Window::init() {
if (!glfwInit()) {
std::cout << "Failed to initialize GLFW!" << std::endl;
return false;
}
m_Window = glfwCreateWindow(m_Width, m_Height, m_Title, NULL, NULL);
if (!m_Window) {
std::cout << "Failed to create GLFW window!" << std::endl;
return false;
}
glfwMakeContextCurrent(m_Window);
glfwSetWindowSizeCallback(m_Window, windowResize);
if (glewInit != GLEW_OK) {
std::cout << "GLEW FAILED!" << std::endl;
return false;
}
return true;
}
void Window::clear() const {
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
}
void Window::update(){
glfwPollEvents();
glfwSwapBuffers(m_Window);
}
bool Window::closed() const {
return glfwWindowShouldClose(m_Window) == 1;
}
void windowResize(GLFWwindow *window, int width, int height) {
glViewport(0, 0, width, height);
}
}}
window.h
#pragma once
#include <iostream>
#include <GL\glew.h>
#include <GLFW\glfw3.h>
namespace benji {
namespace graphics {
class Window {
private:
const char *m_Title;
int m_Width, m_Height;
GLFWwindow *m_Window;
bool m_Closed;
public:
Window(const char *title, int width, int height);
~Window();
bool closed() const;
void update();
void clear() const;
int getWidth() const {
return m_Width;
}
int getHeight() const { return m_Height; }
private:
bool init();
};
}
}

Answer 1

In Window.cpp:
if (glewInit != GLEW_OK) {
std::cout << "GLEW FAILED!" << std::endl;
return false;
}
glewInit() is a function, not a variable. You need to call it as a function. I'm surprised this even compiled.
All other OpenGL functions that come from after version 1.1 will throw errors to the effect of ACCESS_VIOLATION READING ADDRESS 0x00000000 or some similar error, because if glewInit() is not properly called, none of the function macros provided by GLEW will point to valid function pointers.