Name
hw_AllocSemaphore -- allocate a semaphore (V6.0)
Synopsis
APTR handle = hw_AllocSemaphore(void);
Function
This function allocates and initializes a semaphore that can be used to protect certain data structures from access by multiple threads. Another name for semaphore is critical section (Windows) or mutex (POSIX).
Designer compatibility
Unsupported
Inputs
none
Results
handle
a semaphore handle or
NULL
on error
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