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+><H1
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+>SDL_SemWaitTimeout</H1
+><DIV
+CLASS="REFNAMEDIV"
+><A
+NAME="AEN8120"
+></A
+><H2
+>Name</H2
+>SDL_SemWaitTimeout&nbsp;--&nbsp;Lock a semaphore, but only wait up to a specified maximum time.</DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="REFSYNOPSISDIV"
+><A
+NAME="AEN8123"
+></A
+><H2
+>Synopsis</H2
+><DIV
+CLASS="FUNCSYNOPSIS"
+><A
+NAME="AEN8124"
+></A
+><P
+></P
+><PRE
+CLASS="FUNCSYNOPSISINFO"
+>#include "SDL.h"
+#include "SDL_thread.h"</PRE
+><P
+><CODE
+><CODE
+CLASS="FUNCDEF"
+>int <B
+CLASS="FSFUNC"
+>SDL_SemWaitTimeout</B
+></CODE
+>(SDL_sem *sem, Uint32 timeout);</CODE
+></P
+><P
+></P
+></DIV
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="REFSECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN8130"
+></A
+><H2
+>Description</H2
+><P
+><TT
+CLASS="FUNCTION"
+>SDL_SemWaitTimeout()</TT
+> is a varient of
+<A
+HREF="sdlsemwait.html"
+>SDL_SemWait</A
+>
+with a maximum timeout value.
+If the value of the semaphore pointed to by <TT
+CLASS="PARAMETER"
+><I
+>sem</I
+></TT
+> is
+positive (greater than zero) it will atomically decrement the semaphore value
+and return 0, otherwise it will wait up to <TT
+CLASS="PARAMETER"
+><I
+>timeout</I
+></TT
+>
+milliseconds trying to lock the semaphore. This function is to be avoided if
+possible since on some platforms it is implemented by polling the semaphore
+every millisecond in a busy loop.</P
+><P
+>After <TT
+CLASS="FUNCTION"
+>SDL_SemWaitTimeout()</TT
+> is successful, the semaphore
+can be released and its count atomically incremented by a successful call to
+<A
+HREF="sdlsempost.html"
+>SDL_SemPost</A
+>.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="REFSECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN8140"
+></A
+><H2
+>Return Value</H2
+><P
+>Returns <SPAN
+CLASS="RETURNVALUE"
+>0</SPAN
+> if the semaphore was successfully locked or
+either <SPAN
+CLASS="RETURNVALUE"
+>SDL_MUTEX_TIMEDOUT</SPAN
+> or <SPAN
+CLASS="RETURNVALUE"
+>-1</SPAN
+>
+if the timeout period was exceeded or there was an error, respectivly.</P
+><P
+>If the semaphore was not successfully locked, the semaphore will be unchanged.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="REFSECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN8147"
+></A
+><H2
+>Examples</H2
+><P
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+>res = SDL_SemWaitTimeout(my_sem, WAIT_TIMEOUT_MILLISEC);
+
+if (res == SDL_MUTEX_TIMEDOUT) {
+ return TRY_AGAIN;
+}
+if (res == -1) {
+ return WAIT_ERROR;
+}
+
+...
+
+SDL_SemPost(my_sem);</PRE
+></P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="REFSECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN8151"
+></A
+><H2
+>See Also</H2
+><P
+><A
+HREF="sdlcreatesemaphore.html"
+><TT
+CLASS="FUNCTION"
+>SDL_CreateSemaphore</TT
+></A
+>,
+<A
+HREF="sdldestroysemaphore.html"
+><TT
+CLASS="FUNCTION"
+>SDL_DestroySemaphore</TT
+></A
+>,
+<A
+HREF="sdlsemwait.html"
+><TT
+CLASS="FUNCTION"
+>SDL_SemWait</TT
+></A
+>,
+<A
+HREF="sdlsemtrywait.html"
+><TT
+CLASS="FUNCTION"
+>SDL_SemTryWait</TT
+></A
+>,
+<A
+HREF="sdlsempost.html"
+><TT
+CLASS="FUNCTION"
+>SDL_SemPost</TT
+></A
+>,
+<A
+HREF="sdlsemvalue.html"
+><TT
+CLASS="FUNCTION"
+>SDL_SemValue</TT
+></A
+></P
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