How do I Start a job of a function i just defined?

Question

How do I Start a job of a function i just defined?

function FOO { write-host \"HEY\" } Start-Job -ScriptBlock { FOO } |
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Answer 1

A slightly different take. A function is just a scriptblock assigned to a variable. Oh, it has to be a threadjob. It can't be foreach-object -parallel.

$func = { 'hi' } # or
function hi { 'hi' }; $func = $function:hi

start-threadjob { & $using:func } | receive-job -auto -wait

hi