How do you use threads?

[Robin]

I wonder how you guys fail to see it as easy as it is:

I didn't fail to see it, I just didn't know if zac wanted to use LÖVE.

[Mud]

I wonder how you guys fail to see [..] .thread.newThread("input", "input.lua")

I had no idea that existed. It's not in 0.6.2 and not included in the love module's index on the Wiki. Are you guys all using 0.7?

I have no idea why you would want to do this.

A simply console interface for debugging? That's what I assumed.

[thelinx]

I had no idea that existed. It's not in 0.6.2 and not included in the love module's index on the Wiki. Are you guys all using 0.7?

Yeah it's introduced in 0.7.0. It's on the wiki, just not in the sidebar.

A simply console interface for debugging? That's what I assumed.

debug.debug()

[Mud]

debug.debug()

Ahh, very nice.

[zac352]

That being said, I have no idea why you would want to do this.

Because you need to receive command input from a user and run your server's physics and other services simultaneously... And doing that from a graphical input is not only laggy, but a pain to code...

debug.debug()

Ahh, very nice.

debug.debug() is almost identical to:

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debug=function()
while true do
local s=io.stdin:read()
if s=="cont" then break end
local f,e=loadstring(s)
assert(f,e)
assert(pcall(f))
end
end

But with a prompt. "lua_debug> "

[thelinx]

Because you need to receive command input from a user and run your server's physics and other services simultaneously... And doing that from a graphical input is not only laggy, but a pain to code...

You're writing a server in LÖVE? That doesn't sound very efficient to me.

You should just write it in pure Lua. I know I've seen a Box2D library for Lua somewhere...

[zac352]

Because you need to receive command input from a user and run your server's physics and other services simultaneously... And doing that from a graphical input is not only laggy, but a pain to code...

You're writing a server in LÖVE? That doesn't sound very efficient to me.

You should just write it in pure Lua. I know I've seen a Box2D library for Lua somewhere...

Why would I use box2d? We don't get along well.

And besides that, how do you use threads in regular lua?

[thelinx]

You find a thread library for Lua. I don't know any off-hand, so try googling around.

[zac352]

You find a thread library for Lua. I don't know any off-hand, so try googling around.

The best thing I've found is POSIX only. >_<
Edit: I've found some stuff about "LuaThread", but I can't find any page for it.

[Robin]

Lua Lanes?