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to a thread.</p> <p>Threads are represented via the <code>Thread</code> type, which you can get in one of two ways:</p> <ul> <li>By spawning a new thread, e.g. using the <a href="../../std/thread/fn.spawn.html"><code>thread::spawn</code></a> function, and calling <a href="../../std/thread/struct.JoinHandle.html#method.thread"><code>thread</code></a> on the <a href="../../std/thread/struct.JoinHandle.html"><code>JoinHandle</code></a>.</li> <li>By requesting the current thread, using the <a href="../../std/thread/fn.current.html"><code>thread::current</code></a> function.</li> </ul> <p>The <a href="../../std/thread/fn.current.html"><code>thread::current</code></a> function is available even for threads not spawned by the APIs of this module.</p> <p>There is usually no need to create a <code>Thread</code> struct yourself, one should instead use a function like <code>spawn</code> to create new threads, see the docs of <a href="../../std/thread/struct.Builder.html"><code>Builder</code></a> and <a href="../../std/thread/fn.spawn.html"><code>spawn</code></a> for more details.</p> </div> <h2 id='methods' class='small-section-header'> Methods<a href='#methods' class='anchor'></a> </h2> <h3 id='impl' class='impl'><span class='in-band'><code>impl <a class="struct" href="../../std/thread/struct.Thread.html" title="struct std::thread::Thread">Thread</a></code><a href='#impl' class='anchor'></a></span><span class='out-of-band'><div class='ghost'></div><a class='srclink' href='../../src/std/thread/mod.rs.html#998-1133' title='goto source code'>[src]</a></span></h3> <div class='impl-items'><h4 id='method.unpark' class="method"><span id='unpark.v' class='invisible'><code>pub fn <a href='#method.unpark' class='fnname'>unpark</a>(&self)</code></span><span class='out-of-band'><div class='ghost'></div><a class='srclink' href='../../src/std/thread/mod.rs.html#1049-1067' title='goto source code'>[src]</a></span></h4> <div class='docblock'><p>Atomically makes the handle's token available if it is not already.</p> <p>Every thread is equipped with some basic low-level blocking support, via the <a href="fn.park.html"><code>park</code></a> function and the <code>unpark()</code> method. These can be used as a more CPU-efficient implementation of a spinlock.</p> <p>See the <a href="fn.park.html">park documentation</a> for more details.</p> <h1 id="examples" class="section-header"><a href="#examples">Examples</a></h1> <pre class="rust rust-example-rendered"> <span class="kw">use</span> <span class="ident">std</span>::<span class="ident">thread</span>; <span class="kw">use</span> <span class="ident">std</span>::<span class="ident">time</span>::<span class="ident">Duration</span>; <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">parked_thread</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">thread</span>::<span class="ident">Builder</span>::<span class="ident">new</span>() .<span class="ident">spawn</span>(<span class="op">||</span> { <span class="macro">println</span><span class="macro">!</span>(<span class="string">"Parking thread"</span>); <span class="ident">thread</span>::<span class="ident">park</span>(); <span class="macro">println</span><span class="macro">!</span>(<span class="string">"Thread unparked"</span>); }) .<span class="ident">unwrap</span>(); <span class="comment">// Let some time pass for the thread to be spawned.</span> <span class="ident">thread</span>::<span class="ident">sleep</span>(<span class="ident">Duration</span>::<span class="ident">from_millis</span>(<span class="number">10</span>)); <span class="macro">println</span><span class="macro">!</span>(<span class="string">"Unpark the thread"</span>); <span class="ident">parked_thread</span>.<span class="ident">thread</span>().<span class="ident">unpark</span>(); <span class="ident">parked_thread</span>.<span class="ident">join</span>().<span class="ident">unwrap</span>();<a class="test-arrow" target="_blank" href="https://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%23!%5Ballow(unused)%5D%0Afn%20main()%20%7B%0Ause%20std%3A%3Athread%3B%0Ause%20std%3A%3Atime%3A%3ADuration%3B%0A%0Alet%20parked_thread%20%3D%20thread%3A%3ABuilder%3A%3Anew()%0A%20%20%20%20.spawn(%7C%7C%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20println!(%22Parking%20thread%22)%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20thread%3A%3Apark()%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20println!(%22Thread%20unparked%22)%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%7D)%0A%20%20%20%20.unwrap()%3B%0A%0A%2F%2F%20Let%20some%20time%20pass%20for%20the%20thread%20to%20be%20spawned.%0Athread%3A%3Asleep(Duration%3A%3Afrom_millis(10))%3B%0A%0Aprintln!(%22Unpark%20the%20thread%22)%3B%0Aparked_thread.thread().unpark()%3B%0A%0Aparked_thread.join().unwrap()%3B%0A%7D">Run</a></pre> </div><h4 id='method.id' class="method"><span id='id.v' class='invisible'><code>pub fn <a href='#method.id' class='fnname'>id</a>(&self) -> <a class="struct" href="../../std/thread/struct.ThreadId.html" title="struct std::thread::ThreadId">ThreadId</a></code></span><span class='out-of-band'><div class='ghost'></div><div class='since' title='Stable since Rust version 1.19.0'>1.19.0</div><a class='srclink' href='../../src/std/thread/mod.rs.html#1084-1086' title='goto source code'>[src]</a></span></h4> <div class='docblock'><p>Gets the thread's unique identifier.</p> <h1 id="examples-1" class="section-header"><a href="#examples-1">Examples</a></h1> <pre class="rust rust-example-rendered"> <span class="kw">use</span> <span class="ident">std</span>::<span class="ident">thread</span>; <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">other_thread</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">thread</span>::<span class="ident">spawn</span>(<span class="op">||</span> { <span class="ident">thread</span>::<span class="ident">current</span>().<span class="ident">id</span>() }); <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">other_thread_id</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">other_thread</span>.<span class="ident">join</span>().<span class="ident">unwrap</span>(); <span class="macro">assert</span><span class="macro">!</span>(<span class="ident">thread</span>::<span class="ident">current</span>().<span class="ident">id</span>() <span class="op">!=</span> <span class="ident">other_thread_id</span>);<a class="test-arrow" target="_blank" href="https://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%23!%5Ballow(unused)%5D%0Afn%20main()%20%7B%0Ause%20std%3A%3Athread%3B%0A%0Alet%20other_thread%20%3D%20thread%3A%3Aspawn(%7C%7C%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20thread%3A%3Acurrent().id()%0A%7D)%3B%0A%0Alet%20other_thread_id%20%3D%20other_thread.join().unwrap()%3B%0Aassert!(thread%3A%3Acurrent().id()%20!%3D%20other_thread_id)%3B%0A%7D">Run</a></pre> </div><h4 id='method.name' class="method"><span id='name.v' class='invisible'><code>pub fn <a href='#method.name' class='fnname'>name</a>(&self) -> <a class="enum" href="../../std/option/enum.Option.html" title="enum std::option::Option">Option</a><&<a class="primitive" href="../primitive.str.html">str</a>></code></span><span class='out-of-band'><div class='ghost'></div><a class='srclink' href='../../src/std/thread/mod.rs.html#1126-1128' title='goto source code'>[src]</a></span></h4> <div class='docblock'><p>Gets the thread's name.</p> <p>For more information about named threads, see <a href="./index.html#naming-threads">this module-level documentation</a>.</p> <h1 id="examples-2" class="section-header"><a href="#examples-2">Examples</a></h1> <p>Threads by default have no name specified:</p> <pre class="rust rust-example-rendered"> <span class="kw">use</span> <span class="ident">std</span>::<span class="ident">thread</span>; <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">builder</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">thread</span>::<span class="ident">Builder</span>::<span class="ident">new</span>(); <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">handler</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">builder</span>.<span class="ident">spawn</span>(<span class="op">||</span> { <span class="macro">assert</span><span class="macro">!</span>(<span class="ident">thread</span>::<span class="ident">current</span>().<span class="ident">name</span>().<span class="ident">is_none</span>()); }).<span class="ident">unwrap</span>(); <span class="ident">handler</span>.<span class="ident">join</span>().<span class="ident">unwrap</span>();<a class="test-arrow" target="_blank" href="https://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%23!%5Ballow(unused)%5D%0Afn%20main()%20%7B%0Ause%20std%3A%3Athread%3B%0A%0Alet%20builder%20%3D%20thread%3A%3ABuilder%3A%3Anew()%3B%0A%0Alet%20handler%20%3D%20builder.spawn(%7C%7C%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20assert!(thread%3A%3Acurrent().name().is_none())%3B%0A%7D).unwrap()%3B%0A%0Ahandler.join().unwrap()%3B%0A%7D">Run</a></pre> <p>Thread with a specified name:</p> <pre class="rust rust-example-rendered"> <span class="kw">use</span> <span class="ident">std</span>::<span class="ident">thread</span>; <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">builder</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">thread</span>::<span class="ident">Builder</span>::<span class="ident">new</span>() .<span class="ident">name</span>(<span class="string">"foo"</span>.<span class="ident">into</span>()); <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">handler</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">builder</span>.<span class="ident">spawn</span>(<span class="op">||</span> { <span class="macro">assert_eq</span><span class="macro">!</span>(<span class="ident">thread</span>::<span class="ident">current</span>().<span class="ident">name</span>(), <span class="prelude-val">Some</span>(<span class="string">"foo"</span>)) }).<span class="ident">unwrap</span>(); <span class="ident">handler</span>.<span class="ident">join</span>().<span class="ident">unwrap</span>();<a class="test-arrow" target="_blank" href="https://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%23!%5Ballow(unused)%5D%0Afn%20main()%20%7B%0Ause%20std%3A%3Athread%3B%0A%0Alet%20builder%20%3D%20thread%3A%3ABuilder%3A%3Anew()%0A%20%20%20%20.name(%22foo%22.into())%3B%0A%0Alet%20handler%20%3D%20builder.spawn(%7C%7C%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20assert_eq!(thread%3A%3Acurrent().name()%2C%20Some(%22foo%22))%0A%7D).unwrap()%3B%0A%0Ahandler.join().unwrap()%3B%0A%7D">Run</a></pre> </div></div> <h2 id='implementations' class='small-section-header'> Trait Implementations<a href='#implementations' class='anchor'></a> </h2> <h3 id='impl-Clone' class='impl'><span class='in-band'><code>impl <a class="trait" href="../../std/clone/trait.Clone.html" title="trait std::clone::Clone">Clone</a> for <a class="struct" href="../../std/thread/struct.Thread.html" title="struct std::thread::Thread">Thread</a></code><a href='#impl-Clone' class='anchor'></a></span><span class='out-of-band'><div class='ghost'></div><a class='srclink' href='../../src/std/thread/mod.rs.html#969' title='goto source code'>[src]</a></span></h3> <div class='impl-items'><h4 id='method.clone' class="method"><span id='clone.v' class='invisible'><code>fn <a href='../../std/clone/trait.Clone.html#tymethod.clone' class='fnname'>clone</a>(&self) -> <a class="struct" href="../../std/thread/struct.Thread.html" title="struct std::thread::Thread">Thread</a></code></span><span class='out-of-band'><div class='ghost'></div><a class='srclink' href='../../src/std/thread/mod.rs.html#969' title='goto source code'>[src]</a></span></h4> <div class='docblock'><p>Returns a copy of the value. <a href="../../std/clone/trait.Clone.html#tymethod.clone">Read more</a></p> </div><h4 id='method.clone_from' class="method"><span id='clone_from.v' class='invisible'><code>fn <a href='../../std/clone/trait.Clone.html#method.clone_from' class='fnname'>clone_from</a>(&mut self, source: <a class="primitive" href="../primitive.reference.html">&</a>Self)</code></span><span class='out-of-band'><div class='ghost'></div><a class='srclink' href='../../src/core/clone.rs.html#112-114' title='goto source code'>[src]</a></span></h4> <div class='docblock'><p>Performs copy-assignment from <code>source</code>. <a href="../../std/clone/trait.Clone.html#method.clone_from">Read more</a></p> </div></div><h3 id='impl-Debug' class='impl'><span class='in-band'><code>impl <a class="trait" href="../../std/fmt/trait.Debug.html" title="trait std::fmt::Debug">Debug</a> for <a class="struct" href="../../std/thread/struct.Thread.html" title="struct std::thread::Thread">Thread</a></code><a href='#impl-Debug' class='anchor'></a></span><span class='out-of-band'><div class='ghost'></div><a class='srclink' href='../../src/std/thread/mod.rs.html#1136-1140' title='goto source code'>[src]</a></span></h3> <div class='impl-items'><h4 id='method.fmt' class="method"><span id='fmt.v' class='invisible'><code>fn <a href='../../std/fmt/trait.Debug.html#tymethod.fmt' class='fnname'>fmt</a>(&self, f: &mut <a class="struct" href="../../std/fmt/struct.Formatter.html" title="struct std::fmt::Formatter">Formatter</a>) -> <a class="type" href="../../std/fmt/type.Result.html" title="type std::fmt::Result">Result</a></code></span><span class='out-of-band'><div class='ghost'></div><a class='srclink' href='../../src/std/thread/mod.rs.html#1137-1139' title='goto source code'>[src]</a></span></h4> <div class='docblock'><p>Formats the value using the given formatter. <a href="../../std/fmt/trait.Debug.html#tymethod.fmt">Read more</a></p> </div></div></section> <section id='search' class="content hidden"></section> <section class="footer"></section> <aside id="help" class="hidden"> <div> <h1 class="hidden">Help</h1> <div class="shortcuts"> <h2>Keyboard Shortcuts</h2> <dl> <dt><kbd>?</kbd></dt> <dd>Show this help dialog</dd> <dt><kbd>S</kbd></dt> <dd>Focus the search field</dd> <dt><kbd>↑</kbd></dt> <dd>Move up in search results</dd> <dt><kbd>↓</kbd></dt> <dd>Move down in search results</dd> <dt><kbd>↹</kbd></dt> 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