(1.8.4) Bug fix and readme Notice

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # multi Version: 1.8.4 (System Threaded Job Queues)
 **Note: The changes section has information on how to use the new features as they come out. Why put the infomation twice on the readme?** Also I added a Testing Branch. That Branch will have the latest updates, but those updates may be unstable. I like to keep the master as bug free as possible</br>
 
+# Note SystemThreadedTable's behavior is not stable! I am looking into this.
+
 In Changes you'll find documentation for(In Order):
 - System Threaded Job Queues
 - New mainloop functions

SystemThreadedExecuteTest.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package.path="?/init.lua;"..package.path
+require("multi")
+multi:newAlarm(5):OnRing(function()
+	os.exit(10)
+end)
+multi:mainloop()

multi/integration/loveManager.lua

@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ end
 multi.integration={}
 multi.integration.love2d={}
 multi.integration.love2d.ThreadBase=[[
-__THREADNAME__=({...})[1]
+tab={...}
+__THREADNAME__=tab[2]
+__THREADID__=tab[1]
 require("love.filesystem")
 require("love.system")
 require("love.timer")
@@ -32,8 +34,8 @@ function __sync__()
 		love.timer.sleep(.001)
 		if type(data)=="string" then
 			local cmd,tp,name,d=data:match("(%S-) (%S-) (%S-) (.+)")
-			if name=="__DIEPLZ"..__THREADNAME__.."__" then
-				error("Thread: "..__THREADNAME__.." has been stopped!")
+			if name=="__DIEPLZ"..__THREADID__.."__" then
+				error("Thread: "..__THREADID__.." has been stopped!")
 			end
 			if cmd=="SYNC" then
 				__proxy__[name]=resolveType(tp,d)
@@ -268,7 +270,7 @@ function multi:newSystemThread(name,func) -- the main method
     c.name=name
 	c.ID=c.name.."<ID|"..randomString(8)..">"
     c.thread=love.thread.newThread(multi.integration.love2d.ThreadBase:gsub("INSERT_USER_CODE",dump(func)))
-	c.thread:start(c.ID)
+	c.thread:start(c.ID,c.name)
 	function c:kill()
 		multi.integration.GLOBAL["__DIEPLZ"..self.ID.."__"]="__DIEPLZ"..self.ID.."__"
 	end

multi/integration/shared/shared.lua

@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 SOFTWARE.
 ]]
+function multi.randomString(n)
+	local str = ''
+	local strings = {'a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m','n','o','p','q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9','0','A','B','C','D','E','F','G','H','I','J','K','L','M','N','O','P','Q','R','S','T','U','V','W','X','Y','Z'}
+	for i=1,n do
+		str = str..''..strings[math.random(1,#strings)]
+	end
+	return str
+end
 function multi:newSystemThreadedQueue(name) -- in love2d this will spawn a channel on both ends
 	local c={} -- where we will store our object
 	c.name=name -- set the name this is important for the love2d side
@@ -262,8 +270,8 @@ if love then
 				self.queueOUT:push({self.jobnum,name,...})
 				self.jobnum=self.jobnum+1
 			end
-			local GLOBAL=multi.integration.GLOBAL -- set up locals incase we are using lanes
-			local sThread=multi.integration.THREAD -- set up locals incase we are using lanes
+			local GLOBAL=multi.integration.GLOBAL
+			local sThread=multi.integration.THREAD
 			GLOBAL["__JQ_COUNT__"]=c.cores
 			for i=1,c.cores do
 				multi:newSystemThread("System Threaded Job Queue Worker Thread #"..i,function()
@@ -305,3 +313,31 @@ if love then
 		end
 	end
 end
+function multi:newSystemThreadedExecute(cmd)
+	local c={}
+	local GLOBAL=multi.integration.GLOBAL -- set up locals incase we are using lanes
+	local sThread=multi.integration.THREAD -- set up locals incase we are using lanes
+	local name="Execute_Thread"..multi.randomString(16)
+	c.name=name
+	GLOBAL[name.."CMD"]=cmd
+	multi:newSystemThread(name,function()
+		if love then -- lets make sure we don't reference upvalues if using love2d
+			GLOBAL=_G.GLOBAL
+			sThread=_G.sThread
+			name=__THREADNAME__ -- global data same as the name we used in this functions creation
+		end -- Lanes should take the local upvalues ^^^
+		cmd=sThread.waitFor(name.."CMD")
+		local ret=os.execute(cmd)
+		GLOBAL[name.."R"]=ret
+	end)
+	c.OnCMDFinished=multi:newConnection()
+	c.looper=multi:newLoop(function(self)
+		local ret=GLOBAL[self.link.name.."R"]
+		if ret then
+			self.link.OnCMDFinished:Fire(ret)
+			self:Destroy()
+		end
+	end)
+	c.looper.link=c
+	return c
+end