NAME¶

SDL_AtomicCompareAndSwapPointer - Set a pointer to a new value if it is currently an old value.

HEADER FILE¶

Defined in SDL3/SDL_atomic.h

SYNOPSIS¶

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

SDL_bool SDL_AtomicCompareAndSwapPointer(void **a, void *oldval, void *newval);

DESCRIPTION¶

Note: If you don't know what this function is for, you shouldn't use it!

FUNCTION PARAMETERS¶

a

a pointer to a pointer.

oldval

the old pointer value.

newval

the new pointer value.

RETURN VALUE¶

( SDL_bool ) Returns SDL_TRUE
if the pointer was set,

SDL_FALSE
otherwise.

THREAD SAFETY¶

It is safe to call this function from any thread.

AVAILABILITY¶

This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.

SEE ALSO¶

•(3), SDL_AtomicCompareAndSwap(3), •(3), SDL_AtomicGetPointer(3), •(3), SDL_AtomicSetPointer(3)