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Fixed bug #750 Since many different event structures include windowID it should be placed near the beginning of the structure (preferably right after type) so it's position is the same between different events. This is to avoid code like this: if (event.type == SDL_WINDOWEVENT) win = event.window.windowID; else if ((SDL_EVENTMASK(event.type) & SDL_KEYEVENTMASK) != 0) win = event.key.windowID; else if (event.type == SDL_TEXTINPUT) win = event.text.windowID; else if (event.type == SDL_MOUSEMOTION) win = event.motion.windowID; else if ((SDL_EVENTMASK(event.type) & (SDL_MOUBUTTONDOWNMASK | SDL_MOUBUTTONUPMASK)) != 0) win = event.button.windowID; else if (event.type == SDL_MOUSEWHEEL) win = event.wheel.windowID; ... in favor of: win = event.window.windowID;
author Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org>
date Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:00:21 +0000
parents 546f7c1eb755
children 1238da4a7112
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.TH "SDL_SemTryWait" "3" "Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:00" "SDL" "SDL API Reference" 
.SH "NAME"
SDL_SemTryWait \- Attempt to lock a semaphore but don\&'t suspend the thread\&.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.PP
\fB#include "SDL\&.h"
#include "SDL_thread\&.h"
.sp
\fBint \fBSDL_SemTryWait\fP\fR(\fBSDL_sem *sem\fR);
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBSDL_SemTryWait\fP is a non-blocking varient of \fI\fBSDL_SemWait\fP\fR\&. If the value of the semaphore pointed to by \fBsem\fR is positive it will atomically decrement the semaphore value and return 0, otherwise it will return \fBSDL_MUTEX_TIMEOUT\fR instead of suspending the thread\&.
.PP
After \fBSDL_SemTryWait\fP is successful, the semaphore can be released and its count atomically incremented by a successful call to \fISDL_SemPost\fR\&.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
.PP
Returns \fB0\fR if the semaphore was successfully locked or either \fBSDL_MUTEX_TIMEOUT\fR or \fB-1\fR if the thread would have suspended or there was an error, respectivly\&.
.PP
If the semaphore was not successfully locked, the semaphore will be unchanged\&.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
.PP
.nf
\f(CWres = SDL_SemTryWait(my_sem);

if (res == SDL_MUTEX_TIMEOUT) {
        return TRY_AGAIN;
}
if (res == -1) {
        return WAIT_ERROR;
}

\&.\&.\&.

SDL_SemPost(my_sem);\fR
.fi
.PP
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fI\fBSDL_CreateSemaphore\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_DestroySemaphore\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_SemWait\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_SemWaitTimeout\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_SemPost\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_SemValue\fP\fR
...\" created by instant / docbook-to-man, Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:00