async method ?

[bourdin07]

I really wish to see async method in v2, or other possibility to create a worker thread

[guest3456]

you could use AHK_H

[wolf_II]

Have you tried SetTimer with Period = -1

[bourdin07]

hello,
do you have exemple code?

[wolf_II]

Try this:

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#Persistent
SetTimer, WorkerThread, -1


WorkerThread:
    ToolTip, WorkerThread at work
    sleep, 2000
    ToolTip, WorkerThread done
return

I hope that helps.

This is AHK v1 code!
AHK v2 does not yet offer multithreading, As far as I know.

If your question is not aimed at me, ignore please and sorry. AHK_H is the way to go, as mentioned before.

[bourdin07]

in my opinion async implementation must be the priority for AutoHotkey v2

[kczx3]

Something along the lines of Promises as in JavaScript would be helpful. I’ve considered trying to implement it myself but haven’t taken the dive yet.

[Ragnar]

You can also execute code as a new process. See Run example #3 (ExecScript).

[lexikos]

I think this is outside the scope of v2.0 or the development forum. Perhaps Ask for Help/v2 would be more appropriate to explore the current options, otherwise Wish List (although in that case there are sure to be existing topics that cover this).

[iseahound]

Something similar is needed for despite there being work-arounds. Hopefully we not Promises though.

[kczx3]

Care to explain your dissatisfaction with Promises?

[iseahound]

They're hard to understand initially, very verbose, and their generalized structure is the monad (which Promises are not.) I skimmed through a few of these articles. 1, 2