1 .TH "SDL_CreateSemaphore" "3" "Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:00" "SDL" "SDL API Reference"
3 SDL_CreateSemaphore\- Creates a new semaphore and assigns an initial value to it\&.
7 #include "SDL_thread\&.h"
9 \fBSDL_sem *\fBSDL_CreateSemaphore\fP\fR(\fBUint32 initial_value\fR);
12 \fBSDL_CreateSemaphore()\fP creates a new semaphore and initializes it with the value \fBinitial_value\fR\&. Each locking operation on the semaphore by \fISDL_SemWait\fR, \fISDL_SemTryWait\fR or \fISDL_SemWaitTimeout\fR will atomically decrement the semaphore value\&. The locking operation will be blocked if the semaphore value is not positive (greater than zero)\&. Each unlock operation by \fISDL_SemPost\fR will atomically increment the semaphore value\&.
15 Returns a pointer to an initialized semaphore or \fBNULL\fR if there was an error\&.
22 my_sem = SDL_CreateSemaphore(INITIAL_SEM_VALUE);
25 return CREATE_SEM_FAILED;
31 \fI\fBSDL_DestroySemaphore\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_SemWait\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_SemTryWait\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_SemWaitTimeout\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_SemPost\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_SemValue\fP\fR
32 ...\" created by instant / docbook-to-man, Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:00