# CategoryThread

SDL thread management routines.

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This part of the SDL API handles management of threads, but an app also will
need locks to manage thread safety. Those pieces are in [CategoryMutex](CategoryMutex).


## Functions

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- [SDL_CleanupTLS](SDL_CleanupTLS)
- [SDL_CreateThread](SDL_CreateThread)
- [SDL_CreateThreadWithProperties](SDL_CreateThreadWithProperties)
- [SDL_DetachThread](SDL_DetachThread)
- [SDL_GetCurrentThreadID](SDL_GetCurrentThreadID)
- [SDL_GetThreadID](SDL_GetThreadID)
- [SDL_GetThreadName](SDL_GetThreadName)
- [SDL_GetTLS](SDL_GetTLS)
- [SDL_SetCurrentThreadPriority](SDL_SetCurrentThreadPriority)
- [SDL_SetTLS](SDL_SetTLS)
- [SDL_WaitThread](SDL_WaitThread)
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## Datatypes

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- [SDL_Thread](SDL_Thread)
- [SDL_ThreadFunction](SDL_ThreadFunction)
- [SDL_ThreadID](SDL_ThreadID)
- [SDL_TLSDestructorCallback](SDL_TLSDestructorCallback)
- [SDL_TLSID](SDL_TLSID)
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## Structs

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- (none.)
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## Enums

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- [SDL_ThreadPriority](SDL_ThreadPriority)
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## Macros

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- (none.)
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[CategoryAPICategory](CategoryAPICategory)