nsshell::KernelThreadHandler method useKernel (public)

 <instance of nsshell::KernelThreadHandler> useKernel name

Defined in /usr/local/ns/tcl/nsshell/shell.tcl

Create or use the named kernel. If the kernel does not exist, create it new by creating an slave interpreter.

Parameters:

name (required)

Testcases:

No testcase defined.

Source code:

if {$name ni ${:kernels} && $name ne ""} {
    ns_log notice "Kernel thread creates kernel (= interp) '$name'"
    kernels do [list interp create $name]
    # autoload nx, should be generalized
    kernels do [list interp eval $name {
        package require nx
    }]
    lappend :kernels $name
}

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