children() - obtain the vector of threads whose parent is the given thread.

children(thread )

thread:

the thread object whose children we are requesting.

a vector of thread objects which are the threads with the given thread, thread argument, as their parent.

The natural parent of a thread is the value of self() where the call to thread() is evaluated. A thread can be created with a parent specified other than the natural parent using the parent argument to thread.

thread

thread class

parent

       # wait until one of the threads sets the finished flag
    getLock(lock, condition = Quote(finished == T)))
       # kill all of the other children
    cancel(children(), wait=T) 

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