Thread.pointerBitTrylock

This is equivalent to g_bit_trylock, but working on pointers (or other pointer-sized values).

For portability reasons, you may only lock on the bottom 32 bits of the pointer.

class Thread
static
bool
pointerBitTrylock
(
void* address
,)

Parameters

address void*

a pointer to a #gpointer-sized value

lockBit int

a bit value between 0 and 31

Return Value

Type: bool

%TRUE if the lock was acquired

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Since

2.30