al_pause_event_queue(3alleg5)

✨ al_pause_event_queue ✨

okay bestie so this one lives in the Allegro 5 API (yes, the 3alleg5 manual, we been knew) and it's literally the chill-pill for your event queue 💊🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

void al_pause_event_queue(ALLEGRO_EVENT_QUEUE *queue, bool pause)

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So the whole vibe of this function is: it pauses or resumes whether new events get accepted into the event queue. Wanna resume? Just pass false for pause. That's it, that's the girl 💁♀️

Events that are already in the queue? Completely unaffected. Untouched. Living their best life. Not your problem. 💖

Now here's the tea while a queue is paused: any events that would have been entered into the queue are simply ignored. Like, not stored, not delayed, not queued up for later — just ✨ ignored ✨. Gone. Not invited to the party. 💀

And why would you even want this? Because it's the alternative to unregistering then re-registering all your event sources from the event queue. So if all you need is to stop events from piling up in the queue for a little while, this is your girl — no need to do the whole unregister/re-register dance. Periodt. 👑

ngl this is giving "do not disturb mode" but for events 🌙

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• al_is_event_queue_paused(3alleg5)

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⭐ SINCE ⭐

5.1.0 — she's been iconic since 5.1.0, no cap 🎀

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and that's the whole page bestie, mwah 💋 — this was Allegro reference manual, al_pause_event_queue(3alleg5), stay paused, stay unbothered 🧚💜