NAME¶

SDL_ShouldInit - Return whether initialization should be done.

HEADER FILE¶

Defined in SDL3/SDL_mutex.h

SYNOPSIS¶

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

bool SDL_ShouldInit(SDL_InitState *state);

DESCRIPTION¶

This function checks the passed in state and if initialization should be done, sets the status to

SDL_INIT_STATUS_INITIALIZING and returns true. If another thread is already modifying this state, it will wait until that's done before returning.

If this function returns true, the calling code must call

SDL_SetInitialized () to complete the initialization.

FUNCTION PARAMETERS¶

state

the initialization state to check.

RETURN VALUE¶

Returns true if initialization needs to be done, false otherwise.

THREAD SAFETY¶

It is safe to call this function from any thread.

AVAILABILITY¶

This function is available since SDL 3.1.3.

SEE ALSO¶

•(3), SDL_SetInitialized(3), •(3), SDL_ShouldQuit(3)