hal_start_threads(3hal)

✨ hal_start_threads(3hal) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the HAL manual page for hal_start_threads 💖 it lives in the 3hal section and it's literally the green-light button for your whole realtime situation. no cap.

🌸 NAME 🌸

hal_start_threads — Allow HAL threads to begin executing

🎀 SYNTAX 🎀

int hal_start_threads()

int hal_stop_threads()

two functions, one page, iconic behavior fr fr 🫶

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

ngl there are none. no arguments, no params, no little guys to pass in. she takes nothing and she gives you a status code. periodt 💅

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so here's the tea 🍓

hal_start_threads starts all threads that have been created. that's it, that's the whole vibe. this is the point at which realtime functions start being called — like, the moment everything you built actually wakes up and starts doing the thing. main character energy, truly. ✨

hal_stop_threads stops all threads that were previously started by hal_start_threads. and listen, bestie, this one matters: it should be called before any component that is part of a system exits. don't just dip out and leave your threads running, that's not the move 😭 be responsible, shut it down properly first.

🌈 RETURN VALUE 🌈

Returns a HAL status code. that's the whole return situation. 💅

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• hal_export_funct(3hal)
• hal_create_thread(3hal)
• hal_add_funct_to_thread(3hal)

go read those next, they're the friend group this function rolls with 💖

and that's the page!! this lil masterpiece comes to you from the LinuxCNC Documentation, dated 2006-10-12 🎀 slay, go start some threads responsibly, and remember to stop them before you exit 🦋💜✨