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     83 >SDL_CreateThread&nbsp;--&nbsp;Creates a new thread of execution that shares its parent's properties.</DIV
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    100 >#include "SDL.h"
    101 #include "SDL_thread.h"</PRE
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    106 >SDL_Thread *<B
    107 CLASS="FSFUNC"
    108 >SDL_CreateThread</B
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    110 >(int (*fn)(void *), void *data);</CODE
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    126 >SDL_CreateThread</TT
    127 > creates a new thread of execution 
    128 that shares all of its parent's global memory, signal handlers, 
    129 file descriptors, etc, and runs the function <TT
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    135 passed the void pointer <TT
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    141 The thread quits when this function returns.</P
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