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>SDL_CreateSemaphore</H1
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>SDL_CreateSemaphore -- Creates a new semaphore and assigns an initial value to it.</DIV
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>#include "SDL.h"
#include "SDL_thread.h"</PRE
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>SDL_sem *<B
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> creates a new semaphore and
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>initial_value</I
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Each locking operation on the semaphore by
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will atomically decrement the semaphore value. The locking operation will be blocked
if the semaphore value is not positive (greater than zero). Each unlock operation by
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>Returns a pointer to an initialized semaphore or
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>SDL_sem *my_sem;
my_sem = SDL_CreateSemaphore(INITIAL_SEM_VALUE);
if (my_sem == NULL) {
return CREATE_SEM_FAILED;
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