Well, a thread can't be joined unless it returns or reaches the end of it's code block. In my various thread examples posted, I use a $die shared variable to signal the thread to return, then it can be joined. If you can't use that in your thread code block, you can put a while() loop at the end of your main code, which checks the threads->list, until all are joined. See Just can't get threads to work

The latest threads version available on cpan, has the ability to summarily kill a thread, which you can use on pesky threads that are locked up.

If that fails, use detached threads, which don't need to be joined, and will exit when the parent exits.

I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth CandyGram for Mongo

In reply to Re: Problem with threads + join by zentara
in thread Problem with threads + join by sumanth

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