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    83 >SDL_SemWait&nbsp;--&nbsp;Lock a semaphore and suspend the thread if the semaphore value is zero.</DIV
       
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   100 >#include "SDL.h"
       
   101 #include "SDL_thread.h"</PRE
       
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   106 >int <B
       
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   108 >SDL_SemWait</B
       
   109 ></CODE
       
   110 >(SDL_sem *sem);</CODE
       
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   126 >SDL_SemWait()</TT
       
   127 > suspends the calling thread until either
       
   128 the semaphore pointed to by <TT
       
   129 CLASS="PARAMETER"
       
   130 ><I
       
   131 >sem</I
       
   132 ></TT
       
   133 > has a positive value,
       
   134 the call is interrupted by a signal or error. If the call is successful it
       
   135 will atomically decrement the semaphore value.</P
       
   136 ><P
       
   137 >After <TT
       
   138 CLASS="FUNCTION"
       
   139 >SDL_SemWait()</TT
       
   140 > is successful, the semaphore
       
   141 can be released and its count atomically incremented by a successful call to
       
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   144 >SDL_SemPost</A
       
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   157 >0</SPAN
       
   158 > if successful or
       
   159 <SPAN
       
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   161 >-1</SPAN
       
   162 > if there was an error (leaving the semaphore unchanged).</P
       
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   174 >if (SDL_SemWait(my_sem) == -1) {
       
   175         return WAIT_FAILED;
       
   176 }
       
   177 
       
   178 ...
       
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   180 SDL_SemPost(my_sem);</PRE
       
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   189 >See Also</H2
       
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   192 HREF="sdlcreatesemaphore.html"
       
   193 ><TT
       
   194 CLASS="FUNCTION"
       
   195 >SDL_CreateSemaphore</TT
       
   196 ></A
       
   197 >,
       
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   200 ><TT
       
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   205 <A
       
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   207 ><TT
       
   208 CLASS="FUNCTION"
       
   209 >SDL_SemTryWait</TT
       
   210 ></A
       
   211 >,
       
   212 <A
       
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   214 ><TT
       
   215 CLASS="FUNCTION"
       
   216 >SDL_SemWaitTimeout</TT
       
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   221 ><TT
       
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   228 ><TT
       
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   230 >SDL_SemValue</TT
       
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