Re^5: atomic tie?

OP didn't give much information. If it's a single perl process then the race condition would be in the database. If he is using fork (e.g.,) and making the DB calls inside of one of the 2+ perl processes this implies, then he could have a race condition. No? Can't tell unless we get more information.

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Re^6: atomic tie? by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 24, 2024 at 16:47 UTC
then the race condition would be in the database. A database alone is not a system that ends up in a race condition. You could have a race would be between the programs/processes/threads using a database, for example. The system suffering from the race condition would entail not the just the database, but those programs/processes/threads too. then he could have a race condition. I didn't say that forking couldn't lead to a race condition. Can't tell unless we get more information. I only said your claim that race conditions necessarily come from forking a Perl process was false. No extra information is needed for this.	[reply]

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Re^6: atomic tie?
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 24, 2024 at 16:47 UTC

then the race condition would be in the database.

A database alone is not a system that ends up in a race condition. You could have a race would be between the programs/processes/threads using a database, for example. The system suffering from the race condition would entail not the just the database, but those programs/processes/threads too.

then he could have a race condition.

I didn't say that forking couldn't lead to a race condition.

Can't tell unless we get more information.

I only said your claim that race conditions necessarily come from forking a Perl process was false. No extra information is needed for this.

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