qlfqueue_dequeue(3)

💖 qlfqueue_dequeue — bestie, we're taking things OUT of the queue 💖

okay so this is a page from the libqthread manual, section 3 (the library functions girlies ✨). It's called qlfqueue_dequeue, and it lives in the lock-free queue neighborhood, and honestly? it's giving "pop the front, no locks, no drama". 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

qlfqueue_dequeue — remove an element from a lock-free queue

Like, that's it. That's the whole job. Take one thing off the queue and hand it to you. 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <qthread/qlfqueue.h>

void *
qlfqueue_dequeue (qlfqueue_t *q);

so you gotta include that header first, no cap, or the compiler will simply not know her. 🦋

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so picture this: you've got a queue, right? And there's stuff in it. This function removes an element from the queue and hands you back a pointer to it. That's the vibe. You give her the queue, she gives you a pointer. Main character energy, zero locks involved. ✨

No lock. No waiting around. Just dequeue and slay. 👑

⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

The return value is one of the pointers that was enqueued in the queue. Periodt. That's literally it — one of the pointers you (or somebody) put in there with enqueue comes back out. 💖

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

the whole friend group, fr fr:

• qdqueue_dequeue(3)
• qlfqueue_create(3)
• qlfqueue_enqueue(3)
• qlfqueue_destroy(3)
• qlfqueue_empty(3)

and that's the page bestie!! 🎀 this little icon of a manual comes to you from libqthread, dated APRIL 2011 — yeah she's an elder but she still ate, and she's still qlfqueue_dequeue(3). go forth and dequeue responsibly. 💜🌈✨