shithub: mc

ref: 09a34baac6757c7a4c33e3e3c50054acbb1b70bb
dir: /lib/thread/spawn+plan9.myr/

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use std
use sys

pkg thread =
	type tid = uint64

	const spawn : (fn : (-> void) -> std.result(tid, byte[:]))
;;

const spawn = {fn
	fn = std.fndup(fn)
	match sys.rfork(sys.Rfproc | sys.Rfmem | sys.Rfnowait)
	| 0:
		fn()
		std.fnfree(fn)
		std.exit(0)
	| -1:	
		std.fnfree(fn)
		-> `std.Err "unable to spawn thread"
	| thr:	-> `std.Ok (thr : tid)
	;;
}