Don't do it! The Thread extension has the potential to horribly crash any program using it, unless you are _extremely_ careful in how you access shared variables. When 5.8.0 comes out, you should try the new threads.pm (build around ithreads).

However, if you're really gung-ho... AFIK, Thread.pm is not supported under modern (5.6.0+ -derived) ActivePerl builds, so you'll either need a 5.005-based one, or need to build your own (I'd recommend this, so you can still get the benefit of all the fixes in 5.6.1). However, bear in mind that the Win32 fork() emulation is not compatible with Thread.pm.

One closing message: Remember that there is no such thing as a readonly access in Perl

In reply to Re: Multithreading in Perl by nakor
in thread Multithreading in Perl by TraderX

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.