deleteCriticalSection

Syntax

bool deleteCriticalSection(int hCS)

Arguments

hCS
Specifies the handle of the Critical Section to be deleted, as obtained from a call to createCriticalSection.

Return

This function returns true immediately after deleting the specified Critical Section. It returns false if hCS is zero.

Description

This function deletes a specified Critical Section and releases all system resources that were allocated to it. Any thread can delete the Critical Section, but it must be currently unowned by any thread. After a Critical Section is deleted, it can no longer be used as a synchronization object until it is recreated by a call to createCriticalSection. 


For more information about Critical Sections, see the MSDN documentation about [Critical Section Objects].






Example
See the createCriticalSection example.





Also see
System Functions, Critical Section Functions,  createCriticalSection, enterCriticalSection, tryEnterCriticalSection, leaveCriticalSection





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