SDL_CreateAsyncIOQueue(3)

💖 SDL_CreateAsyncIOQueue(3) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL3 FUNCTIONS corner of the SDL_CreateAsyncIOQueue manual page — yes that's the whole name, yes it's a mouthful, we're saying it with our chest 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

SDL_CreateAsyncIOQueue — spin up a task queue that keeps track of all ur I/O operations, like a little clipboard for unfinished business 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <SDL3/SDL_asyncio.h>

SDL_AsyncIOQueue * SDL_CreateAsyncIOQueue(void);

no arguments, no drama, it just exists and hands u a pointer 🦋

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so here's the tea: async I/O operations get assigned to a queue when they're started. that's the whole vibe. after that, u can check the queue to see which tasks have finished — like refreshing ur notifs to see who texted back 💌

it's giving "project manager energy" and honestly? iconic 👑

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🫶 RETURN VALUE 🫶

it returns a brand new task queue object 🎉 … OR NULL if something went wrong 😭

if u get NULL, don't panic (okay panic a little), just call SDL_GetError() for more info on what happened. that's ur bestie telling u what's wrong fr fr

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🧚 THREAD SAFETY 🧚

calling this function from any thread is safe ✨ go off, no cap, thread away 💅

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⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

this function has been available since SDL 3.2.0 — so if ur on anything older, sorry bestie, it's not there yet 🙈

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• SDL_DestroyAsyncIOQueue(3) — for when ur done and need to clean up 🧹
• SDL_GetAsyncIOResult(3) — peek at what's done, no waiting around 👀
• SDL_WaitAsyncIOResult(3) — for when u do wanna wait, main character patience 🕰️

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and that's the page!! no notes, 10/10, we ate 🍓

this lil masterpiece comes to u from Simple Directmedia Layer, version SDL 3.4.18, filed under SDL_CreateAsyncIOQueue(3) — k bye, go build something cute 💖✨