Thread:get

Available since LÖVE 0.8.0
It has been renamed from Thread:receive.

Get a value (cross-threads). Returns nil when a message is not in the message box.

Function

Synopsis

value = Thread:get(name)

Arguments

string name
The name of the message.

Returns

boolean, number, string or userdata value
The contents of the message or nil when no message in message box.

See Also

  • Thread
  • TSerial can convert tables to/from strings, so you can pass tables between threads.

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