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.TH SDL_AtomicTryLock 3 "SDL 3.0.0" "SDL" "SDL3 FUNCTIONS"
.SH NAME
SDL_AtomicTryLock \- Try to lock a spin lock by setting it to a non-zero value\[char46]
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include \(dqSDL3/SDL.h\(dq
.PP
.BI "SDL_bool SDL_AtomicTryLock(SDL_SpinLock *lock);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION

.B Please note that spinlocks are dangerous if you don't know what you're
doing\[char46] Please be careful using any sort of spinlock!

.SH FUNCTION PARAMETERS
.TP
.I lock
a pointer to a lock variable
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns 
.BR SDL_TRUE
 if the lock succeeded, 
.BR SDL_FALSE

if the lock is already held\[char46]

.SH AVAILABILITY
This function is available since SDL 3\[char46]0\[char46]0\[char46]

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR SDL_AtomicLock (3),
.BR SDL_AtomicUnlock (3)