SDL_CreateCondition(3)

💖 SDL_CreateCondition(3) — SDL3 FUNCTIONS 💖

okay bestie, pull up a chair (or a thread, we'll get there) because we're talking about SDL_CreateCondition, and it's genuinely one of the cutest little building blocks in the whole SDL3 manual. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

SDL_CreateCondition — create a condition variable. that's it. that's the whole job. she makes conditions and she makes them well. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <SDL3/SDL_mutex.h>

SDL_Condition * SDL_CreateCondition(void);

no arguments, no drama, no extra params asking you for your life story. she just takes void and gives you a pointer. iconique behavior fr fr. ✨

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🦋 RETURN VALUE 🦋

you get back a brand new condition variable — a SDL_Condition *, glowing, fresh, ready to vibe. 🫶

but listen. if it fails, you get NULL. and not in a cute way. so if you see NULL, go call SDL_GetError() for more information, because she will tell you what went wrong. 😭

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💜 THREAD SAFETY 💜

it is safe to call this function from any thread. 👑

any thread. all threads. every thread. no gatekeeping, no "main character only" energy here — everyone's invited to the function call. 🌈

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⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

this function is available since SDL 3.2.0. so if you're on something older… bestie. respectfully. upgrade. 🙈

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

the whole friend group, because a condition variable never works alone:

• SDL_BroadcastCondition(3)
• SDL_SignalCondition(3)
• SDL_WaitCondition(3)
• SDL_WaitConditionTimeout(3)
• SDL_DestroyCondition(3)

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🌸 little reminder: everything you create, you eventually destroy. that's SDL_DestroyCondition(3), and she's waiting for you in the SEE ALSO list. balance. 🧚

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and that's the tea, bestie 💅 this page came to you courtesy of Simple Directmedia Layer, SDL 3.4.18, brought to you by the SDL_CreateCondition(3) page itself. go make some conditions. slay. 🔥👑💖