PTHREAD_TESTCANCEL(3POSIX)

🌸 PROLOG 🌸

okay bestie, before we even get into it, you gotta know: this manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. 💖

and like... plot twist 😭 the Linux implementation of this interface may differ — so if you're on Linux, go check the corresponding Linux manual page for the deets on how Linux actually behaves. or, hear me out, the interface might just not be implemented on Linux at all. no cap. so vibe check your platform first, bestie. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

pthread_testcancel — set cancelability state 👑

💅 SYNOPSIS 💅

#include <pthread.h>

void pthread_testcancel(void);

that's it. that's the whole thing. short king energy. 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so for the actual tea, go refer to pthread_setcancelstate(). this one's just the lil cousin pointing you at the main character. ✨

🌈 COPYRIGHT 🌈

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this one came from IEEE/The Open Group, dated 2017, filed under PTHREAD_TESTCANCEL(3POSIX) — mwah, iconic, no notes. 💋💖✨