I'm not sure how much less code it would be with threads since threads don't easily share data between them, and I need to pull all the data from all the subprocesses back together at the end. So I'd be exchanging one large chunk of code for another. In general, I'm more familiar with IPC::Open3 and IO::Select than ithreads, so I chose this way due to familiarity. Now, if that's the only option I have for eliminating this intermittent issue, I'm more than willing to try it, but it'll be hard to prove ;-)

As for upgrading perl, I thought I addressed that in the original node. I will be pursuing the upgrade of perl, regardless of this issue, anyway. But it'll take time to get through all the lawyers and managers.

In reply to Re^2: Modification of read-only value by Tanktalus
in thread Modification of read-only value by Tanktalus

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