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>SDL_SemWait</H1
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><H2
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>SDL_SemWait&nbsp;--&nbsp;Lock a semaphore and suspend the thread if the semaphore value is zero.</DIV
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>#include "SDL.h"
#include "SDL_thread.h"</PRE
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><CODE
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>int <B
CLASS="FSFUNC"
>SDL_SemWait</B
></CODE
>(SDL_sem *sem);</CODE
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><TT
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>SDL_SemWait()</TT
> suspends the calling thread until either
the semaphore pointed to by <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>sem</I
></TT
> has a positive value,
the call is interrupted by a signal or error. If the call is successful it
will atomically decrement the semaphore value.</P
><P
>After <TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>SDL_SemWait()</TT
> is successful, the semaphore
can be released and its count atomically incremented by a successful call to
<A
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>SDL_SemPost</A
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>Returns <SPAN
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>0</SPAN
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<SPAN
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>-1</SPAN
> if there was an error (leaving the semaphore unchanged).</P
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>if (SDL_SemWait(my_sem) == -1) {
        return WAIT_FAILED;
}

...

SDL_SemPost(my_sem);</PRE
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><TT
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>SDL_CreateSemaphore</TT
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>SDL_DestroySemaphore</TT
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><TT
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>SDL_SemTryWait</TT
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>,
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><TT
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>SDL_SemWaitTimeout</TT
></A
>,
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><TT
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>SDL_SemPost</TT
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>SDL_SemValue</TT
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