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:receive('error').

Constructors

love.thread.newThread Creates a new Thread from a File or Data Object.

Functions

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:getKeys Returns the names of all messages in a table.
Thread:getName Get the name of a thread.
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

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