Issue#12 Changed

Modify the newThread method to allow for nameless coroutine based threads

multi/init.lua

@@ -1495,8 +1495,13 @@ end
 multi:setDomainName("Threads")
 multi:setDomainName("Globals")
 local initT = false
+local threadCount = 0
 function multi:newThread(name,func)
-	if not func then return end
+	local func = func
+	if type(name) == "function" then
+		func = name
+		name = "Thread#"..threadCount
+	end
 	local c={}
 	c.ref={}
 	c.Name=name

test.lua

@@ -1,38 +1,13 @@
---~ package.path="?/init.lua;?.lua;"..package.path
+package.path="?/init.lua;?.lua;"..package.path
 multi = require("multi")
---~ local GLOBAL,THREAD = require("multi.integration.lanesManager").init()
---~ nGLOBAL = require("multi.integration.networkManager").init()
---~ local a
---~ local clock = os.clock
---~ function sleep(n)  -- seconds
---~ 	local t0 = clock()
---~ 	while clock() - t0 <= n do end
---~ end
---~ master = multi:newMaster{
---~ 	name = "Main", -- the name of the master
---~ 	noBroadCast = true, -- if using the node manager, set this to true to avoid double connections
---~ 	managerDetails = {"localhost",12345}, -- the details to connect to the node manager (ip,port)
---~ }
---~ master.OnError(function(name,err)
---~ 	print(name.." has encountered an error: "..err)
---~ end)
---~ local connlist = {}
---~ multi:newThread("NodeUpdater",function()
---~ 	while true do
---~ 		thread.sleep(1)
---~ 		for i=1,#connlist do
---~ 			master:execute("TASK_MAN",connlist[i], multi:getTasksDetails())
---~ 		end
---~ 	end
---~ end)
---~ master.OnNodeConnected(function(name)
---~ 	print("Connected to the node")
---~ 	table.insert(connlist,name)
---~ end)
---~ multi.OnError(function(...)
---~ 	print(...)
---~ end)
-print("HI!")
+local GLOBAL,THREAD = require("multi.integration.lanesManager").init()
+nGLOBAL = require("multi.integration.networkManager").init()
+multi:newThread(function()
+	error("Did it work?")
+end)
+multi.OnError(function(...)
+	print(...)
+end)
 multi:mainloop{
 	protect = false,
 	print = true