OpenGL: glGetError() returns invalid enum after call to glewInit()

Question

I use GLEW and freeglut. For some reason, after a call to glewInit(), glGetError() returns error code 1280, even with glewExperimental = GL_FALSE.

I cannot compile

Answer 1

Did you see the comment on this wiki page?

http://www.opengl.org/wiki/OpenGL_Loading_Library

It mentions why this occurs, and it says "in some cases you may still get GL_INVALID_ENUM after specifying glewExperimental depending on your glew version".

It sounds like it might be safe to ignore as long as you're not seeing any other problems.