qthread_queue_length(3)

💖 qthread_queue_length(3) 💖

okay bestie, so you know libqthread? yeah. this is one of those pages. it's the manual page for qthread_queue_length — yes, the one that tells you how many lil tasks are just... sitting there. waiting. vibing. in the queue. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

qthread_queue_length — return the length of the queue 🎀

like. that's it. that's the whole job. and she does it flawlessly.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <qthread.h>

aligned_t
qthread_queue_length (qthread_queue_t q);

ok so first you gotta pull in the header with #include <qthread.h> (mandatory, no skipping, it's giving required reading 📚). then you call her, you hand her a qthread_queue_t q, and she gives you back an aligned_t. simple. iconic. no cap. ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea ☕ — this function returns the number of tasks waiting in the queue. like, the actual headcount of tasks just chillin' there, unprocessed, waiting for their moment. main character energy, honestly. 💅

⚠️ but bestie. listen. if the queue is not configured to keep track of the number of waiting tasks, she will return 0. that's not "the queue is empty", that's "nobody's been counting, so i genuinely don't know and i'm gonna say zero". do not get played by this. 🚨

so yeah — 0 means either empty or nobody was keeping score. iykyk. 😭

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• qthread_queue_create(3) — make the queue in the first place 🎀
• qthread_queue_destroy(3) — bye bye queue 👋
• qthread_queue_join(3) — the waiting-for-everything one 🫶
• qthread_queue_release_all(3) — free everybody 🔥
• qthread_queue_release_one(3) — free just one lil guy 🌸

🌈 the sign-off 🌈

this page came to you straight from libqthread, and it's dated AUGUST 2013 — yes she's vintage, yes she still ate, periodt. 💅✨ go forth, check your queue lengths, and remember: 0 might be a lie. mwah. 💖🦋🌸🎀👑