lovr.thread.newThread
EditCreates a new Thread from Lua code.
Arguments
| Name | Type | Description |
| code | string | The code to run in the Thread. |
Returns
| Name | Type | Description |
| thread | Thread | The new Thread. |
Arguments
| Name | Type | Description |
| filename | string | A file containing code to run in the Thread. |
Returns
| Name | Type | Description |
| thread | Thread | The new Thread. |
Arguments
| Name | Type | Description |
| blob | Blob | The code to run in the Thread. |
Returns
| Name | Type | Description |
| thread | Thread | The new Thread. |
Notes
The Thread won't start running immediately. Use Thread:start to start it.
The string argument is assumed to be a filename if there isn't a newline in the first 1024 characters. For really short thread code, an extra newline can be added to trick LÖVR into loading it properly.