Thread Functions

Description

Alpha Anywhere provides the following thread functions.

Name: Description
a5_threadstackdump Function: Dump the stack for all threads
THREAD_COUNT Function: Returns the number of running threads.
THREAD_CREATE Function: Create a thread - requires a unique thread name , code to run - allows for 'base' variable frame to be passed in.
THREAD_ENUM Function: Get information about Xbasic threads.
THREAD_EVENT Function: Send an event to another thread. For internal use only.
THREAD_GET Function: Get the name of the current thread.
THREAD_INTERRUPT Function: Send an interrupt event to another thread (thread needs an interrupt function). For internal use only.
THREAD_IS_RUNNING Function: Returns true if threadname is a running thread.
thread_monitor_cpu_usage Function: Xbasic monitors CPU usage for the thread using settings provided.
THREAD_NAME_CREATE Function: For internal use only. Make a unique thread name, provide preferred name, numbers will be added if thread on name already exists.
THREAD_VARIABLES Function: For internal use only. Get the base variable space for a thread.
THREAD_WAIT Function: Thread must wait until another thread does a 'thread_event'. For internal use only.
THREADMON Function: For internal use only.
XBASIC_ERROR_LOG Function: For internal use only. Logs errors in the currently running thread to a file.