Because of my previous question, I have decided that I need to learn more about threads.

My limited knowledge=85 feel free to correct me if I have it wrong.

When you define a thread, I can see that the thread was created because I can see that the "sys_getthreadcount" tag has been incremented.

Also I noticed that you don't have to call the thread, defining it actually runs it.


Here is my 1st thread:

define my_first_thread => thread {

data public myDate = date

public getDate() => {
return .myDate
}


public active_tick => {
.myDate = date;
return 1
}

}




once defined it has a variable names myDate with the value of the currentDateTime

because of the active_tick, every second the variable myDate gets updated to the currentDateTime.

my_first_thread->getDate();

This returns myDate variable.


This is as far as I have gotten.



So here are some questions:

How can I kill a thread?

Can I call a thread by name or ID?

if I redefine my thread with the same name, the "sys_getthreadcount" is incremented, so did I overwrite the original thread with the same name?

How can I tell if a thread is running?

Can I kill my older threads (besides restarting the Lasso instance)?

Thanks

- John Morris


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