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SDL_TryWaitSemaphore(3) SDL3 FUNCTIONS SDL_TryWaitSemaphore(3)

SDL_TryWaitSemaphore - See if a semaphore has a positive value and decrement it if it does.

Defined in SDL3/SDL_mutex.h

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"
bool SDL_TryWaitSemaphore(SDL_Semaphore *sem);

This function checks to see if the semaphore pointed to by sem has a positive value and atomically decrements the semaphore value if it does. If the semaphore doesn't have a positive value, the function immediately returns false.

the semaphore to wait on.

Returns true if the wait succeeds, false if the wait would block.

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.

(3), SDL_SignalSemaphore(3), (3), SDL_WaitSemaphore(3), (3), SDL_WaitSemaphoreTimeout(3)

SDL 3.2.10 Simple Directmedia Layer