clean up the documentation of threads (#21067)
* clean up the documentation of threads * cleanup
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`--app:lib`:option: command-line option.
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`--app:lib`:option: command-line option.
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Threads
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Threads
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To enable thread support the `--threads:on`:option: command-line switch needs to
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The `--threads:on`:option: command-line switch is enabled by default. The [typedthreads module](typedthreads.html) module then contains several threading primitives. See [spawn](manual_experimental.html#parallel-amp-spawn) for
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be used. The [system module](system.html) module then contains several threading primitives.
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See the [channels](channels_builtin.html) modules
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for the low-level thread API. There are also high-level parallelism constructs
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available. See [spawn](manual_experimental.html#parallel-amp-spawn) for
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further details.
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further details.
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Nim's memory model for threads is quite different than that of other common
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programming languages (C, Pascal, Java): Each thread has its own (garbage
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collected) heap, and sharing of memory is restricted to global variables. This
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helps to prevent race conditions. GC efficiency is improved quite a lot,
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because the GC never has to stop other threads and see what they reference.
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The only way to create a thread is via `spawn` or
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The only way to create a thread is via `spawn` or
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`createThread`. The invoked proc must not use `var` parameters nor must
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`createThread`. The invoked proc must not use `var` parameters nor must
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any of its parameters contain a `ref` or `closure` type. This enforces
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any of its parameters contain a `ref` or `closure` type. This enforces
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## Thread support for Nim.
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## Thread support for Nim.
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## Nim's memory model for threads is quite different from other common
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## programming languages (C, Pascal): Each thread has its own
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## (garbage collected) heap and sharing of memory is restricted. This helps
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## to prevent race conditions and improves efficiency. See `the manual for
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## details of this memory model <manual.html#threads>`_.
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## Examples
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## Examples
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## ========
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