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Receive a message from a thread.
 
Receive a message from a thread.
 
Wait for the message to exist before returning. (Can return nil in case of an error in the thread.)
 
Wait for the message to exist before returning. (Can return nil in case of an error in the thread.)

Revision as of 18:00, 25 March 2011

Available since LÖVE 0.7.0
This function is not supported in earlier versions.

Receive a message from a thread. Wait for the message to exist before returning. (Can return nil in case of an error in the thread.)

Function

Synopsis

value = Thread:demand(name)

Arguments

string name
The name of the message.

Returns

value value
The contents of the message.

See Also

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

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