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A Thread is a chunk of code that can run in parallel with other threads. | A Thread is a chunk of code that can run in parallel with other threads. | ||
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== Constructors == | == Constructors == | ||
{{#ask: [[Category:Functions]] [[Constructs::Thread]] [[Concept:Current]] | {{#ask: [[Category:Functions]] [[Constructs::Thread]] [[Concept:Current]] | ||
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== Supertypes == | == Supertypes == | ||
* [[parent::Object]] | * [[parent::Object]] | ||
| + | == Notes == | ||
| + | {{oldin|[[0.9.0]]|090|type=note|text=This method for retrieving errors has been replaced by [[Thread:getError]] and [[love.threaderror]]}} | ||
| + | If a Lua error occurs in the thread, a message with the name "error" gets pushed to its message pool. Retrieve the message with <tt>Thread:get('error')</tt>. | ||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
* [[parent::love.thread]] | * [[parent::love.thread]] | ||
Revision as of 22:47, 11 August 2013
| 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.
Constructors
| love.thread.newThread | Creates a new Thread from a filename, string or FileData object containing Lua code. |  0.7.0 |
Functions
| Object:release | Immediately destroys the object's Lua reference. | 11.0 |
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| 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. | 0.7.0 |
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| Thread:get | Get a value. | 0.8.0 |
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| Thread:getError | Retrieves the error string from the thread. | 0.9.0 |
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| Thread:getKeys | Returns the names of all messages as a table. | 0.8.0 |
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| Thread:getName | Get the name of a thread. | 0.7.0 |
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| Thread:isRunning | Returns whether the thread is currently running. | 0.9.0 |
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| Thread:kill | Forcefully terminate the thread. | 0.7.0 |
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| Thread:peek | Receive a message from a thread, but leave it in the message box. | 0.7.0 |
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| Thread:receive | Receive a message from a thread. | 0.7.0 |
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| Thread:send | Send a message. | 0.7.0 |
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| Thread:set | Set a value. | 0.8.0 |
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| Thread:start | Starts the thread. | 0.7.0 |
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| Thread:wait | Wait for a thread to finish. | 0.7.0 |
Supertypes
Notes
| Removed in LÖVE 0.9.0 |
| This method for retrieving errors has been replaced by Thread:getError and love.threaderror. |
If a Lua error occurs in the thread, a message with the name "error" gets pushed to its message pool. Retrieve the message with Thread:get('error').
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