X Threads

Supported platforms:

Available since: 2018.12

Description

The Threads plugin provides the ability to run Lua code in separate threads, taking advantage of multiple cores where available.

=== Examples ===

Simple example of one thread sleeping

require "Threads"
local thread = Thread.new()
thread:setFunction(function() Thread.sleepFor(100000) end)
thread:execute()
local ok = false
while not ok do
  ok = thread:getResult()
end
print("woot")

Methods Special:MyLanguage/Thread.new/Thread.new Create a new thread Special:MyLanguage/Thread:setFunction/Thread:setFunction Sets Lua function that thread will execute. Special:MyLanguage/Thread:getNumLogicalCores/Thread:getNumLogicalCores Returns number of logical cores on host machine.

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