Merge pull request #1567 from jakub-gonet/jgonet/spawn-monitor

Add spawn_monitor/1, spawn_monitor/3

See also #1509

These changes are made under both the "Apache 2.0" and the "GNU Lesser General
Public License 2.1 or later" license terms (dual license).

SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR LGPL-2.1-or-later

Author: bettio

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Added support for `ets:update_counter/3` and `ets:update_counter/4`.
 - Added `erlang:+/1`
 - Added `lists:append/1` and `lists:append/2`
+- Added `erlang:spawn_monitor/1`, `erlang:spawn_monitor/3`
 
 ### Fixed
 - ESP32: improved sntp sync speed from a cold boot.

libs/estdlib/src/erlang.erl

@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@
     spawn/3,
     spawn_link/1,
     spawn_link/3,
+    spawn_monitor/1,
+    spawn_monitor/3,
     spawn_opt/2,
     spawn_opt/4,
     link/1,
@@ -929,6 +931,29 @@ spawn_link(Function) ->
 spawn_link(Module, Function, Args) ->
     erlang:spawn_opt(Module, Function, Args, [link]).
 
+%%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%% @param   Function    function to create a process from
+%% @returns pid of the new process
+%% @doc     Create a new process and monitor it.
+%% @end
+%%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-spec spawn_monitor(Function :: function()) -> pid().
+spawn_monitor(Function) ->
+    erlang:spawn_opt(Function, [monitor]).
+
+%%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%% @param   Module      module of the function to create a process from
+%% @param   Function    name of the function to create a process from
+%% @param   Args        arguments to pass to the function to create a process from
+%% @returns pid of the new process
+%% @doc     Create a new process by calling exported Function from Module with Args
+%%          and monitor it.
+%% @end
+%%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-spec spawn_monitor(Module :: module(), Function :: atom(), Args :: [any()]) -> pid().
+spawn_monitor(Module, Function, Args) ->
+    erlang:spawn_opt(Module, Function, Args, [monitor]).
+
 %%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 %% @param   Function    function to create a process from
 %% @param   Options     additional options.