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al_get_thread_should_stop(3alleg5) Allegro reference manual() al_get_thread_should_stop(3alleg5) Allegro reference manual()

NAME

al_get_thread_should_stop - Allegro 5 API

SYNOPSIS


#include <allegro5/allegro.h>
bool al_get_thread_should_stop(ALLEGRO_THREAD *thread)

DESCRIPTION

Check if another thread is waiting for thread to stop. Threads which run in a loop should check this periodically and act on it when convenient.

Returns true if another thread has called al_join_thread(3alleg5) or al_set_thread_should_stop(3alleg5) on this thread.

SEE ALSO

al_join_thread(3alleg5), al_set_thread_should_stop(3alleg5).

Note: We don't support forceful killing of threads.