void xd::lua::scheduler::start(luabind::object func)
{
// create a new thread
lua_State *thread = lua_newthread(m_vm.lua_state());
// push the function in the new thread, because the function
// the thread calls must be called in its local environment
func.push(thread);
// construct a callable object from it, the value is copied from stack
luabind::object thread_func(luabind::from_stack(thread, -1));
// remove the original value from the stack
lua_pop(thread, 1);
// set the current thread
m_thread_stack->threads.push(thread);
m_current_thread = thread;
// start the thread
luabind::object result = luabind::resume_function<luabind::object>(thread_func);
// if the thread was yielded from lua side, and the return value is a callable function
int type = luabind::type(result);
if (type == LUA_TFUNCTION || type == LUA_TTABLE || type == LUA_TUSERDATA) {
yield(xd::create<detail::callback_task_lua>(result));
}
// reset current thread
m_thread_stack->threads.pop();
if (m_thread_stack->threads.empty())
m_current_thread = nullptr;
else
m_current_thread = m_thread_stack->threads.top();
}
// TODO Move arguments from constructor to here?
void timer::start(luabind::object& f)
{
thread = player->create_lua_thread();
#ifndef NDEBUG
int old_top = lua_gettop(thread);
#endif
//function.push(thread);
f.push(f.interpreter());
lua_xmove(f.interpreter(), thread, 1);
assert(old_top + 1 == lua_gettop(thread));
timer_thread = boost::thread(&timer::count_down, this);
}