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Task calling

To start a just created Task instance, uses the parenthesis notation, as for function calling.

The provided arguments will be passed to the Task function.

Example


-- Counting concurrently

local console = require "console"

local function count(start, color)
    local i = start  
    while true do
    -- sleep for one second
    sleep(500)
    -- and print the number with the provided color
    console.writecolor(color, i, "\n")
    i = i + 2
    end
end

-- Create 2 Task using the count() function
local task1 = sys.Task(count)
local task2 = sys.Task(count)

-- Start first task starting to count from 1 in blue
task1(1, "blue")
-- Start first task starting to count from 2 in red
task2(2, "red")

-- Wait for all tasks to terminate before the program exits
waitall()