SDL_Mutex(3type)

💖 SDL_Mutex(3type) 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

SDL_Mutex — a means to serialize access to a resource between threads. no cap, that's the whole name section.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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#include <SDL3/SDL_mutex.h>

typedef struct SDL_Mutex SDL_Mutex;

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Mutexes — short for "mutual exclusion" — are a synchronization primitive that allows exactly one thread to proceed at a time. periodt.

Wikipedia has a thorough explanation of the concept:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutex

💜 AVAILABILITY 💜

This struct is available since SDL 3.2.0. slay.

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