Workaround with pointer to table and custom lock ¯_(ツ)_/¯
import tables
import strformat
import os
import typetraits
import locks
type
ThreadName = string
ThreadInfo = object
thread: Thread[ThreadName]
var threads = initTable[ThreadName, ThreadInfo]()
let threadsPtr = threads.addr
var threadsLock: Lock
threadsLock.initLock()
proc threadEntrypoint(name: ThreadName) {.thread.} =
while true:
echo &"Inside thread: name={name}"
proc spawn(name: ThreadName) =
echo &"Spawning: name={name}"
withLock threadsLock:
if name in threadsPtr[]:
raise newException(ValueError, "Thread with this name was already
registered")
threadsPtr[][name] = ThreadInfo()
threadsPtr[][name].thread.createThread(param=name, tp=threadEntrypoint)
echo &"Created thread: name={name}"
when isMainModule:
spawn(name="a")
spawn(name="b")
sleep(1000)
Run
