SWI-Prolog -- API-function PL_thread_attach

Availability:C-language interface function

int PL_thread_attach_engine(const PL_thread_attr_t *attr)

Creates a new Prolog engine in the calling thread. If the calling thread already has an engine the reference count of the engine is incremented. The attr argument can be NULL to create a thread with default attributes. Otherwise it is a pointer to a structure with the definition below. For any field with value‘0’, the default is used. The cancel field may be filled with a pointer to a function that is called when PL_cleanup() terminates the running Prolog engines. If this function is not present or returns FALSE pthread_cancel() is used. The new thread inherits is properties from Prolog's main thread. The flags field defines the following flags:

PL_THREAD_NO_DEBUG: If this flag is present, the thread starts in normal no-debug status. By default, the debug status is inherited from the main thread.
PL_THREAD_NOT_DETACHED: By default the new thread is created in detached mode. With this flag it is created normally, allowing Prolog to join the thread.
PL_THREAD_CUR_STREAMS: By default the current_input and current_output are set to user_input and user_output of the main thread. Using this flag, these streams are copied from the main thread. See also the inherited_from option of thread_create/3.

typedef struct
{ size_t    stack_limit;                /* Total stack limit (bytes) */
  size_t    table_space;                /* Total tabling space limit (bytes) */
  char *    alias;                      /* alias name */
  int       (*cancel)(int thread);      /* cancel function */
  intptr_t  flags;                      /* PL_THREAD_* flags */
  size_t    max_queue_size;             /* Max size of associated queue */
} PL_thread_attr_t;

The structure may be destroyed after PL_thread_attach_engine() has returned. On success it returns the Prolog identifier for the thread (as returned by PL_thread_self()). If an error occurs, -1 is returned. If this Prolog is not compiled for multithreading, -2 is returned.