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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
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110>(int (*fn)(void *), void *data);</CODE
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127> creates a new thread of execution
128that shares all of its parent's global memory, signal handlers,
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141The thread quits when this function returns.</P
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