From 40e250386edd51755d8dd2e0543623af6b464c8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Logan McNaughton <848146+loganmc10@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:54:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add note about strange char* comparison (#750)

* add note about strange char* comparison

* more
---
 retroachievements/retroachievements.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/retroachievements/retroachievements.c b/retroachievements/retroachievements.c
index 5b20a10..603ac93 100644
--- a/retroachievements/retroachievements.c
+++ b/retroachievements/retroachievements.c
@@ -239,6 +239,10 @@ static const char *get_leaderboard_title(const char *display) {
   for (uint32_t i = 0; i < g_leaderboard_list->num_buckets; i++) {
     for (uint32_t j = 0; j < g_leaderboard_list->buckets[i].num_leaderboards;
          j++) {
+      // this looks like a mistake, but it is intentional.
+      // Leaderboard trackers don't contain the title,
+      // but we take advantage of the fact that tracker_value and display point
+      // to the same char* to find a matching leaderboard.
       if (g_leaderboard_list->buckets[i].leaderboards[j]->tracker_value ==
           display) {
         return g_leaderboard_list->buckets[i].leaderboards[j]->title;