Re: How do I get a unique Perl Interpreter ID?

prefer to stay in pure Perl if I possibly can.

AFAIK, outside of going into XS to create your own interpreter; thread == interpreter.

So, if you're staying in pure Perl -- and therefore not creating any Interpreters yourself explicitly; or implicitly other than via threads (& Windows fork emulation) -- then the combination of pid & tid should be unique.

Other than the possibility where the 32-bit tid wraps around, but if you're creating that many threads in a single process, then you could probably use the week number or maybe even month instead of the pid :)

With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

The start of some sanity?

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Re^2: How do I get a unique Perl Interpreter ID? by zwon (Abbot) on Dec 01, 2011 at 07:11 UTC
As OP mentioned mod_perl under worker MPM I doubt that tid will work. Mod_perl creates its interpreters using `perl_clone`, without help of threads. Can't test at the moment though.	[reply] [d/l]