0001    /*
0002    * Dispatch (dispatch.swift) - Please be Safe
0003    *
0004    * Copyright (C) 2015 ONcast, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
0005    * Created by Josh Baker (joshbaker77@gmail.com)
0006    *
0007    * This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
0008    * of the MIT license.  See the LICENSE file for details.
0009    *
0010    * Portions of the documentation of this code are reproduced from
0011    * work created and shared by Google and used according to terms
0012    * described in the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License.
0013    *
0014    * http://golang.org/ref/spec
0015    */
0016    
0017    #if os(Linux)
0018    import Glibc
0019    #endif
0020    
0021    import Foundation
0022    
0023    private let pt_entrydispatch.swift:36     pthread_create(&t, nil, pt_entry, p): @convention(c) (UnsafeMutablePointer<Void>) -> UnsafeMutablePointer<Void> = { (ctx) in
0024        let np = UnsafeMutablePointer<()->()>(ctx)
0025        np.memory()
0026        np.destroy()
0027        np.dealloc(1)
0028        return nil
0029    }
0030    
0031    /// A `dispatch` statement starts the execution of an action as an independent concurrent thread of control within the same address space.
0032    public func dispatch(action: ()->()){
0033        let p = UnsafeMutablePointer<()->()>.alloc(1)
0034        p.initialize(action)
0035        var t = pthread_t()
0036        pthread_create(&t, nil, pt_entry, p)
0037        pthread_detach(t)
0038    }
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