thread

JVM
1.0
fun thread(
    start: Boolean = true,
    isDaemon: Boolean = false,
    contextClassLoader: ClassLoader? = null,
    name: String? = null,
    priority: Int = -1,
    block: () -> Unit
): Thread

(source)

Creates a thread that runs the specified block of code.

Parameters

start - if true, the thread is immediately started.

isDaemon - if true, the thread is created as a daemon thread. The Java Virtual Machine exits when the only threads running are all daemon threads.

contextClassLoader - the class loader to use for loading classes and resources in this thread.

name - the name of the thread.

priority - the priority of the thread.