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  83 >SDL_CreateThread&nbsp;--&nbsp;Creates a new thread of execution that shares its parent's properties.</DIV
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 100 >#include "SDL.h"
 101 #include "SDL_thread.h"</PRE
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 106 >SDL_Thread *<B
 107 CLASS="FSFUNC"
 108 >SDL_CreateThread</B
 109 ></CODE
 110 >(int (*fn)(void *), void *data);</CODE
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 126 >SDL_CreateThread</TT
 127 > creates a new thread of execution
 128 that shares all of its parent's global memory, signal handlers,
 129 file descriptors, etc, and runs the function <TT
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 132 >fn</I
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 135 passed the void pointer <TT
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 138 >data</I
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 141 The thread quits when this function returns.</P
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