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Note that the documentation notes the following:

For instance, if the thread is stuck on an I/O call, sending it a signal will not cause the I/O call to be interrupted such that the signal is acted up[on] immediately.

Which may make these rather useless for this specific task.

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Re^3: Perl Threads (cooperative)
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Nov 07, 2007 at 03:56 UTC
    Which may make these rather useless for this specific task.

    Indeed++. I had not notice that (rather important) limitation tucked away down there at the end of the section. (Did mention I hadn't had occasion to use this yet :)

    That really ought to be somewhere nearer the top, like maybe the second sentence.

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