in reply to Re^8: Exiting a script with an 'infinitely looping' thread
in thread Exiting a script with an 'infinitely looping' thread

... and I really need to support older versions of perl, especially since there are LOTS of users out there and I can't demand they upgrade their perl version.

Then document the error message saying that it is:

  1. Benign.
  2. Can be eliminated by upgrading their installs of threads & threads::shared.

I really cannot emphasise enough how many fewer problems you will get if you use the latest of those two modules.

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