Re^2: Forking sub inside a module

Oh, that isn't so hard! I was thinking the forked process would start over at the beginning.

I am not clear on the last line. I understand that I will want to wait for the last child to finish before exiting the parent, but is there a less obfuscated way of saying that?

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Re^3: Forking sub inside a module by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jun 15, 2009 at 18:00 UTC
There's nothing obfuscated there. Perhaps the `1` in void context is confusing you? It can be avoided as follows: `while (-1 != wait) {}` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Forking sub inside a module by FloydATC (Deacon) on Jun 16, 2009 at 07:38 UTC
Maybe it's just me, but I find `while (wait != -1) {}` more natural than `while (-1 != wait) {}` since 'wait' is what I want to check :o) -- Time flies when you don't know what you're doing	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: Forking sub inside a module by admiral_grinder (Pilgrim) on Jun 16, 2009 at 13:20 UTC
It helps to debug typo mistakes (language independent). If you was doing a regular compare '==' but used '=' instead, then 'wait = -1' will assign -1 to wait which could cause run time problems later on. However, if you do '-1 = wait' the compiler will throw a syntax error because you are trying change a constant.	[reply]
Re^6: Forking sub inside a module by FloydATC (Deacon) on Jun 16, 2009 at 20:29 UTC