1 .TH "SDL_SemTryWait" "3" "Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:00" "SDL" "SDL API Reference"
3 SDL_SemTryWait \- Attempt to lock a semaphore but don\&'t suspend the thread\&.
7 #include "SDL_thread\&.h"
9 \fBint \fBSDL_SemTryWait\fP\fR(\fBSDL_sem *sem\fR);
12 \fBSDL_SemTryWait\fP is a non-blocking varient of \fI\fBSDL_SemWait\fP\fR\&. If the value of the semaphore pointed to by \fBsem\fR is positive it will atomically decrement the semaphore value and return 0, otherwise it will return \fBSDL_MUTEX_TIMEOUT\fR instead of suspending the thread\&.
14 After \fBSDL_SemTryWait\fP is successful, the semaphore can be released and its count atomically incremented by a successful call to \fISDL_SemPost\fR\&.
17 Returns \fB0\fR if the semaphore was successfully locked or either \fBSDL_MUTEX_TIMEOUT\fR or \fB-1\fR if the thread would have suspended or there was an error, respectivly\&.
19 If the semaphore was not successfully locked, the semaphore will be unchanged\&.
24 \f(CWres = SDL_SemTryWait(my_sem);
26 if (res == SDL_MUTEX_TIMEOUT) {
35 SDL_SemPost(my_sem);\fR
40 \fI\fBSDL_CreateSemaphore\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_DestroySemaphore\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_SemWait\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_SemWaitTimeout\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_SemPost\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_SemValue\fP\fR
41 .\" created by instant / docbook-to-man, Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:00