SDL_mutexP(3)

💅 SDL_mutexP(3) — the SDL API Reference glow-up 💅

okay so bestie, this is the manual page for SDL_mutexP(3), and it lives in the SDL API Reference. It's giving lock-a-mutex energy, and we're gonna read it together. No cap.

✨ NAME ✨

SDL_mutexP — lock a mutex. That's the whole vibe. 🔒

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include "SDL.h" #include "SDL_thread.h"

int SDL_mutexP(SDL_mutex *mutex);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So SDL_mutexP locks the mutex, okay? And this mutex has to be one you already created with SDL_CreateMutex. If the mutex is already locked, then SDL_mutexP will not return until it gets unlocked. Like, she waits. Periodt.

It returns 0 on success, or -1 on an error. That's literally the whole return situation. 😭

Also SDL defines a macro, and it is exactly this:

#define SDL_LockMutex(m) SDL_mutexP(m)

So if you see SDL_LockMutex, it's just SDL_mutexP in a cute little trench coat. iykyk. 💅

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• SDL_CreateMutex
• SDL_mutexV

This page came from SDL, dated Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:01, and it's SDL_mutexP(3). Stay locked, bestie. 💖✨🎀