(This is the legacy documentation for stable SDL2, the current stable version; SDL3 is the current development version.)

SDL_AtomicSet

Set an atomic variable to a value.

Header File

Defined in SDL_atomic.h

Syntax

int SDL_AtomicSet(SDL_atomic_t *a, int v);

Function Parameters

Return Value

Returns the previous value of the atomic variable.

Remarks

This function also acts as a full memory barrier.

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

Version

This function is available since SDL 2.0.2.

See Also

• SDL_AtomicGet

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIFunction, CategoryAtomic