SDL_AtomicIncRef(3)

🌸 NAME 🌸

SDL_AtomicIncRef - Increment an atomic variable used as a reference count.

okay so this is an SDL3 FUNCTIONS page, and it's giving tiny macro, big atomic energy. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <SDL3/SDL_atomic.h>

#define SDL_AtomicIncRef(a)    SDL_AddAtomicInt(a, 1)

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Note: If you don't know what this macro is for, you shouldn't use it!

Like literally, bestie — if this isn't already your moment, do not force it. 🙈 This macro is for incrementing an atomic variable that's being used as a reference count, and it does that by expanding to SDL_AddAtomicInt(a, 1). Slay.

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🎀 MACRO PARAMETERS 🎀

• a — a pointer to an SDL_AtomicInt to increment.

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⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

Returns the previous value of the atomic variable. Not the new one, bestie — the previous one. 💅

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🧚 THREAD SAFETY 🧚

It is safe to call this macro from any thread. No cap. 🌈

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👑 AVAILABILITY 👑

This macro is available since SDL 3.2.0. Iconic behavior.

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• SDL_AtomicDecRef(3)

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Simple Directmedia Layer • SDL 3.4.18 • that's the footer, bestie, and this page ate. 💖✨🎀