FYI: 'threads' module ready for CPAN
As
mentioned previously, I have been working on
creating a CPAN version of the 'threads' module. That work
is now complete, and includes the following enhancements
over the core code:
Remember: There's always one more bug.
Remember: There's always one more bug.
- 64-bit thread IDs
- API for thread stack size (courtesy of Dean Arnold)
- Made threads->list() list/scalar context sensitive
- Implemented threads->object($tid) in XS
- Added $thr->_handle() method
- Cleaned up and enhanced POD
- Cleaned up and enhanced test suite
- Solaris 5.8.0 through 5.9.3
- ActivePerl 5.8.6 and 5.8.7
- Cygwin 5.8.8
- Linux 5.8.6
If anyone is interested in obtaining a pre-upload copy of the module, please email me directly at: jdhedden AT cpan DOT org
Remember: There's always one more bug.
Re: FYI: 'threads' module ready for CPAN
created: 2006-03-10 17:01:37
Added $thr->_handle() methodFrom the (updated) POD:
This private method returns the memory location of the internal thread structure associated with a threads object. For Win32, this is the handle returned by CreateThread; for other platforms, it is the pointer returned by pthread_create.
This method is of no use for general Perl threads programming. Its intent is to provide other thread modules with the capability to access, and possibly manipulate, the underlying thread structure associated with a Perl thread.
Remember: There's always one more bug.