al_create_thread(3)

al_create_thread3

Allegro 5 api

Usage

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>
ALLEGRO_THREAD *al_create_thread(
   void *(*proc)(ALLEGRO_THREAD *thread, void *arg), void *arg)

Overview

Spawn a new thread which begins executing proc. The new thread is passed its own thread handle and the value arg.

Returns a pointer to the thread on success. Otherwise, returns NULL if there was an error.

From allegro 5.2.11.3-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.