SDL_WaitSemaphore(3)

SDL_WaitSemaphore3

Wait until a semaphore has a positive value and then decrements it.

Usage

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

void SDL_WaitSemaphore(SDL_Semaphore *sem);

Header file

Defined in SDL3/SDL_mutex.h

Overview

This function suspends the calling thread until the semaphore pointed to by sem has a positive value, and then atomically decrement the semaphore value.

This function is the equivalent of calling

SDL_WaitSemaphoreTimeout () with a time length of -1.

Function parameters

sem

the semaphore wait on.

Availability

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.

From libsdl3-doc 3.2.10+ds-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.