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Module _.Thread

Cooperative threads.

type 'a t

The type of thread handles.

val async : (unit -> 'a) -> 'a t

async f creates a new thread of control which executes f () and returns the corresponding thread handle. The thread terminates whenever f () returns a value or raises an exception.

val await : 'a t -> ('a, [ `Async_exn of exn ]) result

await t blocks on the termination of t.

val return : 'a -> 'a t

return () is a pre-terminated thread handle.

val yield : unit -> unit

Re-schedule the calling thread without suspending it.