LOCK_VARIABLE(3alleg4)

💖 LOCK_VARIABLE 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Allegro manual — yes, that Allegro, the game programming library, and this little page is all about LOCK_VARIABLE(3alleg4). it's short, it's sweet, and it is so important, i'm obsessed. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

LOCK_VARIABLE — locks the memory of a variable used by a timer. Allegro game programming library. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro.h>

Macro LOCK_VARIABLE(variable_name);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea, bestie: interrupts are a thing, and because of them you are required to lock all the memory used by your timer routines. no skipping this, it's not optional, it's giving mandatory. 🔥

if you want the full lore — the detailed explanation AND a usage example — go read the description of install_int_ex(). it's right there, it's got the receipts, go look. 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• install_int(3alleg4)
• install_int_ex(3alleg4)
• exscn3d(3alleg4)
• exsprite(3alleg4)
• exswitch(3alleg4)
• extimer(3alleg4)
• exupdate(3alleg4)
• exzbuf(3alleg4)

and that's the whole vibe, bestie 🫶 this was Allegro version 4.4.3, and yeah, we're out here repping LOCK_VARIABLE(3alleg4) till the end. lock your memory, lock your variables, slay. 💖✨👑