Thread

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.

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').

Constructors

love.thread.newThread

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

Functions

Object:release	Immediately destroys the object's Lua reference.
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:get	Get a value.
Thread:getError	Retrieves the error string from the thread.
Thread:getKeys	Returns the names of all messages as a table.
Thread:getName	Get the name of a thread.
Thread:isRunning	Returns whether the thread is currently running.
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:set	Set a value.
Thread:start	Starts the thread.
Thread:wait	Wait for a thread to finish.

Supertypes

• Object

See Also

• love.thread

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