(refs #7607) Async module for running functions asynchronously

Change-Id: I4870aefa0c965bd0cf4ada19c01fa9b01efca171

diff --git a/bundles/org.simantics.scl.runtime/scl/Async.scl b/bundles/org.simantics.scl.runtime/scl/Async.scl
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+importJava "org.simantics.scl.runtime.utils.AsyncUtils" where
+    runAsync :: (<Proc> a) -> <Proc> ()
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diff --git a/bundles/org.simantics.scl.runtime/src/org/simantics/scl/runtime/utils/AsyncUtils.java b/bundles/org.simantics.scl.runtime/src/org/simantics/scl/runtime/utils/AsyncUtils.java
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+package org.simantics.scl.runtime.utils;
+
+import org.simantics.scl.runtime.SCLContext;
+import org.simantics.scl.runtime.function.Function;
+import org.simantics.scl.runtime.tuple.Tuple0;
+
+public class AsyncUtils {
+    public static void runAsync(Function f) {
+        SCLContext context = SCLContext.getCurrent();
+        new Thread() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                SCLContext.push(context);
+                try {
+                    f.apply(Tuple0.INSTANCE);
+                } finally {
+                    SCLContext.pop();
+                }
+            }
+        }.start();
+    }
+}