Are functions threads?

[Rymxi (hamncheese)]

Basically I wanna know, are functions threads? and can they be put through coroutine.close() to close them?

I wanna know this because I’m planning to make a system where I can access every move a person is do it and manage it however I want to.

[cakeycocoa (StarvinMarvin)]

@Rymxi

Basically I wanna know, are functions threads?

When you call a function the CPU starts executing instructions at another location in memory, so the answer is no.

You can put a function on a separate thread by using coroutine.create (or some of the other methods)

local thread = coroutine.create(function()
	while task.wait() do
		print("Thread is looping")
	end
end)

coroutine.resume(thread) -- starts thread
task.wait(2)
coroutine.close(thread) -- kills thread

(simplified the technical stuff a bit so it might not be 100% accurate)

[alexinite (alex)]

No, but they can become their own threads by being wrapped in one (this includes Roblox’s ECS “Signal/Connection” system) or being fired on a new Actor. Threads are typically containers for functions and they are not the same thing.