coroutine.status
Returns the status of a thread
Prototype
s = coroutine.status (thread)Description
Returns a string indicating the status of the thread. Raises an error if the argument is not a thread.
If it is, the values returned can be:
A thread is "normal" if the coroutine is active, but has resumed another coroutine.
It is "suspended" after being created but before it is resumed, and after yielding.
It is "dead" after it has returned from the entire function.
If it is, the values returned can be:
-
running
normal
suspended
dead
A thread is "normal" if the coroutine is active, but has resumed another coroutine.
It is "suspended" after being created but before it is resumed, and after yielding.
It is "dead" after it has returned from the entire function.
print (coroutine.status (thread)) --> suspended
Lua functions
- coroutine.create - Creates a new coroutine thread
- coroutine.resume - Start or resume a thread
- coroutine.running - Returns the running coroutine
- coroutine.wrap - Creates a thread and returns a function to resume it
- coroutine.yield - Yields execution of thread back to the caller
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