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when can i use inMainThread() ?

 
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2018 9:20 am    Post subject: when can i use inMainThread() ? Reply with quote

i have a sample:
function onOpenProcess(pid)
print("pid="..pid)
if inMainThread() then
print('in main thread')
end



but when i can use this function?

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2018 9:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

if you don't know for sure if your code is running in the GUI thread, you use it.

e.g. onOpenProcess can be called from any thread, even threads unrelated to opening a process

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2018 2:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dark Byte wrote:
if you don't know for sure if your code is running in the GUI thread, you use it.

e.g. onOpenProcess can be called from any thread, even threads unrelated to opening a process


is it possible i use this function in debugger_onBreakpoint(),for judge which thread is the execution of the current code?

maybe ,is not

is there a way to achieve this function?
maybe i should write a dll?

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