Basalt/docs/docs1_6/objects/Thread/start.md

start

starts a new thread and executes the function

Parameters:

1. function the function which should be executed

Returns:

1. object The object in use

Usage:

• Starts a new thread

local mainFrame = basalt.createFrame()
local aThread = mainFrame:addThread()
local function randomThreadFunction()
    while true do
        basalt.debug("Thread is active")
        os.sleep(1) -- a sleep/coroutine.yield() or pullEvent is required otherwise we will never come back to the main program (error)
    end
end
aThread:start(randomThreadfunction)

you are also able to start threads via xml:

    basalt.setVariable("myThread", function() while true do os.sleep(1) end end)

<thread thread="myThread" start="true"/>