al_destroy_mutex(3alleg5)

💅 al_destroy_mutex — Allegro 5 API 💅

okay bestie, gather round, because this one is short but she MATTERS. this is a page from the Allegro reference manual, section 3alleg5, and it's all about cleaning up after your mutex like the responsible main character you are. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

al_destroy_mutex — Allegro 5 API

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

void al_destroy_mutex(ALLEGRO_MUTEX *mutex)

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so basically, this function frees all the resources that your mutex was holding onto. it's the goodbye hug. the little cleanup moment. the "thanks for everything, bestie, go rest now" 🫶

⚠️ but listen. the mutex should be unlocked when you do this. if you destroy a locked mutex, that's undefined behaviour — and undefined behaviour is NOT the vibe. do not do it. no cap. 💀

and if mutex is NULL? it literally just does nothing. no crash, no drama, no tears. just a peaceful little shrug. 🌈

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👑 a lil sign-off 👑

this page lives in the Allegro reference manual, filed under al_destroy_mutex(3alleg5). that's the whole manual, that's the whole section, and honestly? she ate. now go unlock that mutex before you free it, queen. periodt. 💖🌸✨