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>SDL_SemTryWait</H1
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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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CLASS="FUNCTION"
>SDL_SemWait</TT
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>. If the value of the semaphore
pointed to by <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>sem</I
></TT
> is positive it will atomically
decrement the semaphore value and return 0, otherwise it will return
<SPAN
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>SDL_MUTEX_TIMEDOUT</SPAN
> instead of suspending the thread.</P
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>After <TT
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>SDL_SemTryWait</TT
> is successful, the semaphore
can be released and its count atomically incremented by a successful call to
<A
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>SDL_SemPost</A
>.</P
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>Return Value</H2
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>Returns <SPAN
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>0</SPAN
> if the semaphore was successfully locked or
either <SPAN
CLASS="RETURNVALUE"
>SDL_MUTEX_TIMEDOUT</SPAN
> or <SPAN
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>-1</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_TIMEDOUT) {
        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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><TT
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>SDL_SemWait</TT
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>SDL_SemWaitTimeout</TT
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><TT
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>SDL_SemPost</TT
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