How to pass parameters into a thread function

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Hi!
I recently came across the function thread. However when I tried to use the function

void setup() {thread("timer");}
void draw() {background(frameCount % 255);}

void timer(int delay, int rep) {
  for(int i = 0; i < rep || rep == -1; i++) {
    println(i,millis());
    delay(delay);
  }
}

it says that the function
timer()() does not exist
So is there a way to do something like thread("timer(500,-1)")?

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