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Threading Support Functions

Grouped by task. Running things at once lists them beside the rest of the area.

Start and wait for threads

Function	What it does	From
ThreadCreate	Starts a procedure on a new thread, passing it one pointer; returns the thread handle.	built-in
ThreadWait	Waits for a thread to finish, then releases its handle.	built-in
ThreadDetach	Releases a thread handle without waiting; the thread runs on to its end.	fbthread.bi
ThreadSelf	Returns the handle of the thread that calls it.	fbthread.bi

Lock shared data with a mutex

Function	What it does	From
MutexCreate	Creates a mutex and returns its handle, or 0 on failure.	built-in
MutexLock	Locks a mutex, waiting while another thread holds it.	built-in
MutexUnlock	Unlocks a mutex so that a waiting thread can take it.	built-in
MutexDestroy	Destroys a mutex once no thread is using it.	built-in

Wait for a signal with a condition variable

Function	What it does	From
CondCreate	Creates a condition variable and returns its handle, or 0 on failure.	built-in
CondWait	Unlocks the mutex and waits for a signal, then locks the mutex again.	built-in
CondSignal	Wakes one thread waiting on the condition; the signal is lost if none is waiting.	built-in
CondBroadcast	Wakes every thread waiting on the condition.	built-in
CondDestroy	Destroys a condition variable once no thread is waiting on it.	built-in

Also in this category

• ThreadCall
• Threading Support Functions

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