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  80. >SDL_CreateThread -- Creates a new thread of execution that shares its parent's properties.</DIV
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  97. >#include "SDL.h"
  98. #include "SDL_thread.h"</PRE
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  103. >SDL_Thread *<B
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  105. >SDL_CreateThread</B
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  107. >(int (*fn)(void *), void *data);</CODE
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  123. >SDL_CreateThread</TT
  124. > creates a new thread of execution 
  125. that shares all of its parent's global memory, signal handlers, 
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  138. The thread quits when this function returns.</P
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