SDL_ttf: Creating surfaces every time

This is a snippet from a game I'm developing:


Code:
void BottomRightView::Render()
{
    auto renderer = this->GetRenderer();

    SDL_DestroyTexture(this->fontTexture);
    SDL_FreeSurface(this->fontSurface);

    std::string linesStr;
    this->player->GetPlayerStateSummary(linesStr);

    // TODO recreating these every time seems very inefficient
    this->fontSurface = TTF_RenderText_Blended_Wrapped(font, linesStr.c_str(), this->fontColour, 300);
    this->fontTexture = SDL_CreateTextureFromSurface(renderer, fontSurface);

    SDL_Rect dstrect = { 504, 336, 0, 0 };
    SDL_QueryTexture(fontTexture, NULL, NULL, &dstrect.w, &dstrect.h);

    SDL_RenderCopy(renderer, this->fontTexture, NULL, &dstrect);
}



Since the player state that I'm drawing to the screen may change at any time, I'm having to create a new surface and texture every frame.

This seems really wasteful. Is there a more efficient way to do this?

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Daniel D'Agostino
http://gigi.nullneuron.net/gigilabs/

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