al_start_thread(3)

🦋 al_start_thread(3) 🦋

okay so this page is from the Library Functions Manual, and it’s giving Allegro 5 API energy, bestie. It’s all about one tiny but iconic function: al_start_thread. Let’s get into it 💅

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🎀 NAME 🎀

• al_start_thread — Allegro 5 API

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

void al_start_thread(ALLEGRO_THREAD *thread)

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💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

When a thread is created, it is initially in a suspended state — like it’s waiting backstage before its main character moment. Calling al_start_thread(3) will start its actual execution. Slay ✨

Starting a thread which has already been started does nothing. Like, literally nothing, bestie. No cap, no extra chaos, it just does nothing 💀

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🔍 SEE ALSO 🔍

• al_create_thread(3) — go check this one out too, iykyk 🫶

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xoxo, Allegro reference manual 💖 — Allegro 5 API edition, date not printed on this page, and that’s the tea 🍵💅