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== See Also ==
 
== See Also ==
 
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* [[TSerial]] can convert tables to/from strings, so you can pass tables between threads.
 
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== Other Languages ==
 
== Other Languages ==
 
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{{i18n|Thread:demand}}

Revision as of 07:07, 22 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.

Other Languages