| al_get_thread_should_stop(3) | al_get_thread_should_stop(3) |
NAME
al_get_thread_should_stop - Allegro 5 API
SYNOPSIS
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#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(3) or al_set_thread_should_stop(3) on this thread.
SEE ALSO
al_join_thread(3), al_set_thread_should_stop(3).
Note: We don’t support forceful killing of threads.
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