<thread> ( quot name -- thread ) - Factor Documentation

<thread> ( quot name -- thread )
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Vocabulary
threads

Inputs

quot	a quotation
name	a string

Outputs

thread

a thread

Word description
Low-level thread constructor. The thread runs the quotation when spawned.

The name is used to identify the thread for debugging purposes; see Listing threads.

Notes
In most cases, user code should call spawn instead, however for control over the error handler quotation, threads can be created with <thread> then passed to (spawn).

Definition

IN: threads

: <thread> ( quot name -- thread ) \ thread new-thread ;