= SDL_AtomicDecRef =
Use this function to decrement an atomic variable used as a reference count.


== Syntax ==
<syntaxhighlight lang='c++'>
SDL_bool SDL_AtomicDecRef(SDL_atomic_t* a)
</syntaxhighlight>

== Function Parameters ==
{|
|'''a'''
|a pointer to an [[SDL_atomic_t]] variable to be modified
|}

== Return Value ==
Returns SDL_TRUE if the variable reached zero after decrementing, SDL_FALSE otherwise.
== Related Functions ==
:[[SDL_AtomicAdd]]
:[[SDL_AtomicIncRef]]

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[[CategoryAPI]], [[CategoryAtomic]]