* GThread:
*
* The #GThread struct represents a running thread. This struct
- * is returned by g_thread_new() or g_thread_try(). You can obtain the
- * #GThread struct representing the current thead by calling
+ * is returned by g_thread_new() or g_thread_try_new(). You can obtain
+ * the #GThread struct representing the current thead by calling
* g_thread_self().
*
* The structure is opaque -- none of its fields may be directly
* @data: data passed to the thread
*
* Specifies the type of the @func functions passed to g_thread_new() or
- * g_thread_try().
+ * g_thread_try_new().
*
* Returns: the return value of the thread
*/
* 16 bytes.
*
* If the thread can not be created the program aborts. See
- * g_thread_try() if you want to attempt to deal with failures.
+ * g_thread_try_new() if you want to attempt to deal with failures.
*
* Returns: the new #GThread
*
}
/**
- * g_thread_try:
+ * g_thread_try_new:
* @name: a name for the new thread
* @func: a function to execute in the new thread
* @data: an argument to supply to the new thread
- * @error: return location for error
+ * @error: return location for error, or %NULL
*
- * This function is the same as g_thread_new() except that it allows for
- * the possibility of failure.
+ * 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.
+ * If a thread can not be created (due to resource limits),
+ * @error is set and %NULL is returned.
*
* Returns: the new #GThread, or %NULL if an error occurred
*
* Since: 2.32
*/
GThread *
-g_thread_try (const gchar *name,
- GThreadFunc func,
- gpointer data,
- GError **error)
+g_thread_try_new (const gchar *name,
+ GThreadFunc func,
+ gpointer data,
+ GError **error)
{
return g_thread_new_internal (name, g_thread_proxy, func, data, 0, error);
}
* g_thread_self:
*
* This functions returns the #GThread corresponding to the
- * current thread.
+ * current thread. Note that this function does not increase
+ * the reference count of the returned object.
*
* Returns: the #GThread representing the current thread
*/