thread wont call subroutine

deadpickle has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I have a program that uses threads. And within these threads I tried to call a subroutine by simply calling &sendxml. When I do this the program does not call the subroutine and continues through the thread. Why is this? Is this a known issue? The thread is started by: my $recv = threads->new(\&recvxml);

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Re: thread wont call subroutine by almut (Canon) on Jun 02, 2009 at 21:39 UTC
Don't think this a known issue, so it would help if you could post a minimal (but complete) sample program that exhibits the problem...	[reply]
Re: thread wont call subroutine by carlin (Beadle) on Jun 02, 2009 at 22:20 UTC
I'll take a stab in the dark here; are you sure the thread isn't running the subroutine but the program is exiting before it completes? Try calling `$recv->join;` below your thread declaration.	[reply] [d/l]