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.TH LOCK_VARIABLE 3 "version 4.2.2" "Allegro" "Allegro manual"
.SH NAME
LOCK_VARIABLE \- Locks the memory of a variable used by a timer. Allegro game programming library.\&
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <allegro.h>

.sp
.B Macro LOCK_VARIABLE(variable_name);
.SH DESCRIPTION
Due to interrupts, you are required to lock all the memory used by your
timer routines. See the description of install_int_ex() for a more
detailed explanation and usage example.

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR install_int (3),
.BR install_int_ex (3),
.BR exscn3d (3),
.BR exsprite (3),
.BR exswitch (3),
.BR extimer (3),
.BR exupdate (3),
.BR exzbuf (3)