Task

zune.task

A library to interact with the task scheduler.

Functions

cancel

Cancels a task, and resets thread.

cancel(thread: thread): ()

defer

Runs function or thread on end of scheduler frame.

defer(f: ((A...) ->  R...) | thread, A...): thread

delay

Runs function or thread after a certain amount of time.

delay(sec: number, f: ((A...) -> (R...)) | thread, A...): thread

spawn

Runs function or thread immediately.

spawn(f: ((A...) -> (R...)) | thread, A...): thread

wait

Yields and resumes current calling thread after a certain amount of time, returning the total time the sleep took.

wait(sec: number?): number

count

Counts the number of current tasks.

Optional kinds parameter to count a specific kind of task.

Kinds:

• s to count sleeping tasks.
• d to count deferred tasks.
• w to count awaiting tasks. (zune backend)
• t to count internal tasks. (zune backend)

count(): number
count(kinds: string): ...number