AL_GET_THREAD_SHOULD_STOP(3)

okay so this is al_get_thr...should_stop(3) from the Library Functions Manual — the Allegro 5 API corner of the universe, and we’re about to make it make sense 💅✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

al_get_thread_should_stop — Allegro 5 API, and it’s literally giving “polite thread check-in” energy 👑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

bool al_get_thread_should_stop(ALLEGRO_THREAD *thread)

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

bestie, this one checks if another thread is waiting for thread to stop. that’s the whole vibe check 🫶

Threads that run in a loop should check this periodically and act on it when convenient — like, don’t ignore it forever, but also no need to panic-spiral every single nanosecond 😌

It returns true if another thread has called al_join_thread(3) or al_set_thread_should_stop(3) on this thread. iconic behavior, honestly 🔥

⚠️ note: we don’t support forceful killing of threads. like, at all. no cap 💀

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• al_join_thread(3)
• al_set_thread_should_stop(3)

go read those next, iykyk 🌈

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kisses and clean thread shutdowns 💖 — from the Allegro reference manual, page al_get_thr...should_stop(3). (no date printed on this page, bestie 🫶)