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SDL_ShouldInit(3) SDL3 FUNCTIONS SDL_ShouldInit(3)

SDL_ShouldInit - Return whether initialization should be done.

Defined in SDL3/SDL_mutex.h

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"
bool SDL_ShouldInit(SDL_InitState *state);

This function checks the passed in state and if initialization should be done, sets the status to

SDL_INIT_STATUS_INITIALIZING and returns true. If another thread is already modifying this state, it will wait until that's done before returning.

If this function returns true, the calling code must call

SDL_SetInitialized () to complete the initialization.

the initialization state to check.

Returns true if initialization needs to be done, false otherwise.

It is safe to call this function from any thread.

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.

(3), SDL_SetInitialized(3), (3), SDL_ShouldQuit(3)

SDL 3.2.10 Simple Directmedia Layer