SDL_SemTryWait is a non-blocking varient of SDL_SemWait. If the value of the semaphore pointed to by sem is positive it will atomically decrement the semaphore value and return 0, otherwise it will return SDL_MUTEX_TIMEDOUT instead of suspending the thread.
After SDL_SemTryWait is successful, the semaphore can be released and its count atomically incremented by a successful call to SDL_SemPost.
Returns 0 if the semaphore was successfully locked or either SDL_MUTEX_TIMEDOUT or -1 if the thread would have suspended or there was an error, respectivly.
If the semaphore was not successfully locked, the semaphore will be unchanged.
res = SDL_SemTryWait(my_sem);
if (res == SDL_MUTEX_TIMEDOUT) {
return TRY_AGAIN;
}
if (res == -1) {
return WAIT_ERROR;
}
...
SDL_SemPost(my_sem);