al_get_thread_should_stop (3alleg5)

• #include <allegro5/allegro.h>
  
  bool al_get_thread_should_stop(ALLEGRO_THREAD *thread)
  
  

Check if another thread is waiting for thread to stop. Threads which run in a loop should check this periodically and act on it when convenient.

Returns true if another thread has called al_join_thread(3alleg5) or al_set_thread_should_stop(3alleg5) on this thread.

al_join_thread(3alleg5), al_set_thread_should_stop(3alleg5).

Note: We don\[aq]t support forceful killing of threads.