thread.md

Concurrency (std/thread.zc)

The std/thread module provides primitives for multithreading and synchronization.

Usage

import "std/thread.zc"

Functions

• fn sleep_ms(ms: int) Sleeps the current thread for the specified number of milliseconds.

Types

Type Thread

Represents a handle to a spawned thread.

Methods

• fn spawn(func: fn()) -> Result<Thread> Spawns a new thread executing the provided function.

  Note: Currently supports void functions with no arguments.

• fn join(self) -> Result<bool> Blocks the current thread until the spawned thread finishes.

Type Mutex

A mutual exclusion primitive for protecting shared data.

Methods

• fn new() -> Mutex Creates a new mutex.

• fn lock(self) Acquires the lock. Blocks if the lock is already held.

• fn unlock(self) Releases the lock.

• fn free(self) Destroys the mutex and frees associated resources.