Difference between revisions of "Thread"

Revision as of 18:01, 25 March 2011

Available since LÖVE 0.7.0

This type is not supported in earlier versions.

A Thread is a chunk of code that can run in parallel with other threads.

love.thread.newThread	Creates a new Thread from a filename, string or FileData object containing Lua code.

Object:type	Gets the type of the object as a string.
Object:typeOf	Checks whether an object is of a certain type.
Thread:demand	Receive a message from a thread. Wait for the message to exist before returning.
Thread:getName	Get the name of a thread.
Thread:kill	Forcefully terminate the thread.
Thread:peek	Receive a message from a thread, but leave it in the message box.
Thread:receive	Receive a message from a thread.
Thread:send	Send a message.
Thread:start	Starts the thread.
Thread:wait	Wait for a thread to finish.

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 A Thread is a chunk of code that can run in parallel with other threads.
 == Constructors ==
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 == Functions ==
-{{#ask: [[Category:Functions]] [[parent::Thread]]
+{{#ask: [[Category:Functions]] [[parent::Thread||Object]] [[Since::<071]]
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-| ?Description
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 * [[parent::love.thread]]
 [[Category:Types]]
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+{{#set:Description=A Thread represents a thread.}}
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 == Other Languages ==
 {{i18n|Thread}}