al_init_timeout(3alleg5)

💖 al_init_timeout — the Allegro 5 API glow-up 💖

okay bestie, we're in the Allegro 5 API manual and this page is literally just about teaching a timeout how long to wait. short, sweet, iconic. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

al_init_timeout — Allegro 5 API 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

void al_init_timeout(ALLEGRO_TIMEOUT *timeout, double seconds)

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so you hand it a timeout, you hand it a number of seconds, and it sets that timeout value to that many seconds after the function call. that's it. that's the whole vibe. ⏳✨

but listen, bestie, there's a catch, and it's giving platform-compatibility gatekeeping: for compatibility with all platforms, seconds has to be 2,147,483.647 seconds or less. yes, fr fr, that's the number. no cap. don't go over it. 🚫🕐

lowkey important: 2,147,483.647 seconds is the ceiling. everything above it is not it. 💀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• ALLEGRO_TIMEOUT(3alleg5)
• al_wait_for_event_until(3alleg5)

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and that's the whole page, bestie, you ate that 🫶 this came to you straight from the Allegro reference manual, page al_init_timeout(3alleg5) — go forth and time out responsibly 💖🌸✨