Keep It Simple, Stupid | |
PerlMonks |
Re: controlling threads with Tk: while loop vs. signalsby BrowserUk (Patriarch) |
on Feb 14, 2012 at 21:41 UTC ( [id://953775]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Pairing the clumsy Thread::Semaphore with the should-never-have-been-invented "threads signalling" is an extremely convoluted way of controlling a producer thread. This does what I think you were trying to achieve -- start the thread 'suspended' and allow it to be resumed and suspended -- with rather less fuss and complication:
Update: Simplified the code a little. With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
In Section
Cool Uses for Perl
|
|