bool getCompileResult(unsigned int *shader, const char *src) {
    glShaderSource(*shader, 1, &src, nullptr);
    //the error is in glShaderSource! (error is GL_INVALID_VALUE)
    //etc....
}

const char *vertexShaderSource  = "#version 330 core\n"
"layout (location = 0) in vec3 aPos;\n"
"void main()\n"
"{\n"
"   gl_Position = vec4(aPos.x, aPos.y, aPos.z, 1.0);\n"
"}\0";

int main() {
   //some stuff
   unsigned int vertexShader = glCreateShader(GL_VERTEX_SHADER);
   if(!getCompileResult(&vertexShader, vertexShaderSource))
       return -1;

}

i feel like i'm maybe making mistakes with pointers but i checked what *src in getCompileResult points to and it's exactly the source i declared
the opengl documentation says:

>GL_INVALID_VALUE is generated if shader is not a value generated by OpenGL.
>GL_INVALID_VALUE is generated if maxLength is less than 0.

it cant be the second because i passed nullptr to glShaderSource which means it knows the string is null terminated, but idk what "shader is not a value generated by OpenGL" means
any help?