Function

GLibThreadtry_new

Declaration 

GThread*
g_thread_try_new (
  const gchar* name,
  GThreadFunc func,
  gpointer data,
  GError** error
)

Description

This function is the same as g_thread_new() except that it allows for the possibility of failure.

If a thread can not be created (due to resource limits), error is set and NULL is returned.

Available since:2.32

Parameters

name

Type: const gchar*

An (optional) name for the new thread.

The argument can be NULL.
The data is owned by the caller of the function.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.
func

Type: GThreadFunc

A function to execute in the new thread.

data

Type: gpointer

An argument to supply to the new thread.

The argument can be NULL.
The data is owned by the caller of the function.
error

Type: GError **

The return location for an error.

The argument can be NULL.
The argument will be set to NULL by the function if there are no errors.
In case of error, the argument will be set and the caller will take ownership of the data, and be responsible for freeing it.

Return value

Type: GThread

The new GThread, or NULL if an error occurred.

The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.