love.thread.newThread

Available since LÖVE 0.7.0

This function is not supported in earlier versions.

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

Function

Available since LÖVE 0.9.0

This variant is not supported in earlier versions.

Synopsis

thread = love.thread.newThread( filename )

Arguments

string filename

The name of the Lua file to use as the source.

Returns

Thread thread

A new Thread that has yet to be started.

Function

Available since LÖVE 0.9.0

This variant is not supported in earlier versions.

Synopsis

thread = love.thread.newThread( fileData )

Arguments

FileData fileData

The FileData containing the Lua code to use as the source.

Returns

Thread thread

A new Thread that has yet to be started.

Function

Available since LÖVE 0.9.2

This variant is not supported in earlier versions.

Synopsis

thread = love.thread.newThread( codestring )

Arguments

string codestring

A string containing the Lua code to use as the source. It needs to either be at least 1024 characters long, or contain at least one newline.

Returns

Thread thread

A new Thread that has yet to be started.

Function

Removed in LÖVE 0.9.0

This variant is not supported in that and later versions.

Synopsis

thread = love.thread.newThread( name, filename )

Arguments

string name

The name of the thread.

string filename

The name of the File to use as source.

Returns

Thread thread

A new Thread that has yet to be started.

Function

Removed in LÖVE 0.9.0

This variant is not supported in that and later versions.

Synopsis

thread = love.thread.newThread( name, file )

Arguments

string name

The name of the thread.

File file

The file to use as source.

Returns

Thread thread

A new Thread that has yet to be started.

Function

Removed in LÖVE 0.9.0

This variant is not supported in that and later versions.

Synopsis

thread = love.thread.newThread( name, data )

Arguments

string name

The name of the thread.

Data data

The data to use as source.

Returns

Thread thread

A new Thread that has yet to be started.

See Also

• love.thread
• Thread

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