love.thread

Available since LÖVE 0.7.0

This module is not supported in earlier versions.

Allows you to work with threads.

Threads are separate Lua environments, running in parallel to the main code. As their code runs separately, they can be used to compute complex operations without adversely affecting the frame rate of the main thread. However, as they are separate environments, they cannot access the variables and functions of the main thread, and communication between threads is limited.

The modules love.graphics and love.event do not work with love.thread. Don't call their functions in a Thread other than main.

Types

Channel	An object which can be used to send and receive data between different threads.
Thread	A Thread represents a thread.

Functions

love.thread.getChannel	Creates or retrieves a named thread channel.
love.thread.getThread	Look for a thread and get its object.
love.thread.getThreads	Get all threads.
love.thread.newChannel	Creates a new unnamed thread channel.
love.thread.newThread	Creates a new Thread from a filename, string or FileData object containing Lua code.

See Also

• love

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