Thread:receive

Available since LÖVE 0.7.0
This function is not supported in earlier versions.
Removed in LÖVE 0.8.0
It has been renamed to Thread:get.

Receive a message from a thread. Returns nil when a message is not in the message box.

Function

Synopsis

value = Thread:receive(name)

Arguments

string name
The name of the message.

Returns

value 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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