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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. Data can be sent between different threads with [[Channel]] objects. |
== Constructors == | == Constructors == |
Latest revision as of 22:34, 27 December 2015
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. Data can be sent between different threads with Channel objects.
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 | |
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 | 0.9.0 |
Thread:get | Get a value. | 0.8.0 | 0.9.0 |
Thread:getError | Retrieves the error string from the thread. | 0.9.0 | |
Thread:getKeys | Returns the names of all messages as a table. | 0.8.0 | 0.9.0 |
Thread:getName | Get the name of a thread. | 0.7.0 | 0.9.0 |
Thread:isRunning | Returns whether the thread is currently running. | 0.9.0 | |
Thread:kill | Forcefully terminate the thread. | 0.7.0 | 0.8.0 |
Thread:peek | Receive a message from a thread, but leave it in the message box. | 0.7.0 | 0.9.0 |
Thread:receive | Receive a message from a thread. | 0.7.0 | 0.8.0 |
Thread:send | Send a message. | 0.7.0 | 0.8.0 |
Thread:set | Set a value. | 0.8.0 | 0.9.0 |
Thread:start | Starts the thread. | 0.7.0 | |
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This method for retrieving errors has been replaced by Thread:getError and love.threaderror.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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