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.

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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: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 queue.
Thread:receive Receive a message from a thread.
Thread:send Send a message.
Thread:start Starts the thread.
Thread:wait Wait for a thread to finish.

Supertypes

Object

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