Re: Parallel processes: multi-core, same CPU?

Le dim. 14 juin 2026 à 16:22, 'TopchetoEU' via lua-l <[email protected]>
a écrit :

> This is a known limitation with lua - you can't run two lua threads (under
> the same lua_State) in parallel. AFAIK lua allows you to define some
> locking primitives, but they only serve to lock the current lua_State while
> lua code is executing, so in effect, only one lua thread is really
> executing at a time.
>
> Your best bet is to create one lua_State per OS thread and device some
> kind of communication protocol between different lua states (since two
> states cannot share tables).
>

Shameless plug: one option is https://github.com/LuaLanes/lanes (there are
others, but they can publicize themselves :-)).

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Benoit.

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