spawn

Starts fn(args) in a new logical thread.

Executes the supplied function in a new logical thread represented by Tid. The calling thread is designated as the owner of the new thread. When the owner thread terminates an OwnerTerminated message will be sent to the new thread, causing an OwnerTerminated exception to be thrown on receive().

spawn
(
F
T...
)
(
F fn
,)
if (
isSpawnable!(F, T)
)

Parameters

fn F

The function to execute.

args T

Arguments to the function.

Return Value

Type: Tid

A Tid representing the new logical thread.

Notes: args must not have unshared aliasing. In other words, all arguments to fn must either be shared or immutable or have no pointer indirection. This is necessary for enforcing isolation among threads.

Examples

static void f(string msg)
{
    assert(msg == "Hello World");
}

auto tid = spawn(&f, "Hello World");

Fails: char[] has mutable aliasing.

string msg = "Hello, World!";

static void f1(string msg) {}
static assert(!__traits(compiles, spawn(&f1, msg.dup)));
static assert( __traits(compiles, spawn(&f1, msg.idup)));

static void f2(char[] msg) {}
static assert(!__traits(compiles, spawn(&f2, msg.dup)));
static assert(!__traits(compiles, spawn(&f2, msg.idup)));

New thread with anonymous function

spawn({
    ownerTid.send("This is so great!");
});
assert(receiveOnly!string == "This is so great!");

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