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>SDL_SemTryWait&nbsp;--&nbsp;Attempt to lock a semaphore but don't suspend the thread.</DIV
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>#include "SDL.h"
#include "SDL_thread.h"</PRE
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>int <B
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>SDL_SemTryWait</B
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>(SDL_sem *sem);</CODE
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><TT
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>SDL_SemTryWait</TT
> is a non-blocking varient of
<A
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>SDL_SemWait</TT
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>. If the value of the semaphore
pointed to by <TT
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>sem</I
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> is positive it will atomically
decrement the semaphore value and return 0, otherwise it will return
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> instead of suspending the thread.</P
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>After <TT
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>SDL_SemTryWait</TT
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>SDL_MUTEX_TIMEOUT</SPAN
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if the thread would have suspended or there was an error, respectivly.</P
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>If the semaphore was not successfully locked, the semaphore will be unchanged.</P
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>res = SDL_SemTryWait(my_sem);
if (res == SDL_MUTEX_TIMEOUT) {
return TRY_AGAIN;
}
if (res == -1) {
return WAIT_ERROR;
}
...
SDL_SemPost(my_sem);</PRE
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>SDL_CreateSemaphore</TT
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>SDL_DestroySemaphore</TT
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>SDL_SemWait</TT
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>SDL_SemWaitTimeout</TT
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>SDL_SemPost</TT
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