love.thread.newThread

[leiradel]

I've read the threads documentation and there are two ways of creating a thread:

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thread = love.thread.newThread( name, file ) -- create a thread that runs the file source code
thread = love.thread.newThread( name, data ) -- ???

The only Data subtype in the Wiki is SoundData, so I wonder what the second form for creating a thread does?

Could we have support for creating threads from a function, assuming the second form doesn't do it? I.e.:

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local function im_running_free()
  -- do something cool while listening to Iron Maiden
end

local thread = love.thread.newThread( 'yeah', im_running_free )

The first form could be implemented in terms of it...

Cheers,

Andre

[Robin]

I've read the threads documentation and there are two ways of creating a thread:

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thread = love.thread.newThread( name, file ) -- create a thread that runs the file source code
thread = love.thread.newThread( name, data ) -- ???

The only Data subtype in the Wiki is SoundData, so I wonder what the second form for creating a thread does?

data is a FileData here, it was the original version of newThread. I think FileData is undocumented, but it has been successfully used in the past.

[bartbes]

The biggest con of running functions (except for it being hard ) is that every thread is completely separated from the other thread, combining them in the same sourcefile would be a bit confusing to some/most.

Regarding data, well, in theory it could be any form of data, but most won't give you a useful result, love.filesystem.FileData will, however.

[leiradel]

data is a FileData here, it was the original version of newThread. I think FileData is undocumented, but it has been successfully used in the past.

Ah, it's not listed in the Wiki page for Data as a subtype...

The biggest con of running functions (except for it being hard ) is that every thread is completely separated from the other thread, combining them in the same sourcefile would be a bit confusing to some/most.

Threads get their own Lua state then, right?

[bartbes]

Threads get their own Lua state then, right?

Yes.