bionic (3) LOCK_VARIABLE.3alleg4.gz

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NAME
       LOCK_VARIABLE - Locks the memory of a variable used by a timer. Allegro game programming library.


SYNOPSIS
       #include <allegro.h>

       Macro LOCK_VARIABLE(variable_name);


DESCRIPTION
       Due  to  interrupts,  you  are  required  to  lock  all  the  memory used by your timer routines. See the
       description of install_int_ex() for a more detailed explanation and usage example.


SEE ALSO
       install_int(3alleg4), install_int_ex(3alleg4),  exscn3d(3alleg4),  exsprite(3alleg4),  exswitch(3alleg4),
       extimer(3alleg4), exupdate(3alleg4), exzbuf(3alleg4)