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