Channel

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A Channel is an object used to communicate between Thread objects. Different threads can send messages on the same Channel to communicate with each other. Messages can be sent and received on a Channel using Channel:push and Channel:pop, and are received in a first-in-first-out fashion. The following types of data can be passed through Channels: nil, boolean, number, string, lightuserdata, table, vector, and any LÖVR object.

Constructors

lovr.thread.newChannel	Create a new, unnamed Channel.
lovr.thread.getChannel	Get a Channel for communicating between threads.

Methods

Channel:clear	Clear all messages from the Channel.
Channel:getCount	Get the number of messages in the Channel.
Channel:hasRead	Get whether a message has been read.
Channel:peek	Look at a message from the Channel without popping it.
Channel:pop	Pop a message from the Channel.
Channel:push	Push a message onto the Channel.
Object:release	Immediately release the Lua reference to an object.
Object:type	Get the type name of the object.

See also

• Object
• lovr.thread