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| author | Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> | 2012-08-24 09:28:02 -0600 |
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| committer | Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> | 2012-08-24 09:28:02 -0600 |
| commit | 58c8e9a4debc3ef2c672a34d58720d5bf0530d12 (patch) | |
| tree | 2145d3f082b2a9d8b8e8a5414cebc0bd2bd903c6 /doc/lispref/threads.texi | |
| parent | c2283a75564d7794fb5f604eafc6b65f71146e7f (diff) | |
| download | emacs-58c8e9a4debc3ef2c672a34d58720d5bf0530d12.tar.gz | |
minor documentation updates
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/threads.texi | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/threads.texi b/doc/lispref/threads.texi index 8094a68f9aa..434915cdbc2 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/threads.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/threads.texi @@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ also to create and control mutexes and condition variables, useful for thread synchronization. While global variables are shared among all Emacs Lisp threads, -local variables are not---a dynamic @code{let} binding is local. +local variables are not---a dynamic @code{let} binding is local. Each +thread also has its own current buffer (@pxref{Current Buffer}). In the case of lexical bindings (@pxref{Variable Scoping}), a closure is an object like any other in Emacs Lisp, and bindings in a @@ -50,6 +51,9 @@ threads can be signaled. Create a new thread of execution which invokes @var{function}. When @var{function} returns, the thread exits. +The new thread is created with no local variable bindings in effect. +The new thread's current buffer is inherited from the current thread. + @var{name} can be supplied to give a name to the thread. The name is used for debugging and informational purposes only; it has no meaning to Emacs. If @var{name} is provided, it must be a string. |