Arthur Bergman wrote: >>perl-5.7.3 is out. It passes all tests with threads enabled flawlessly :) >>So if you were afraid to upgrade your bleadperl it's good time to do it now. >> >> > > I sure hope it does, and soon there will be more documentation aswell :)
That would be great. I've just finished the pthreads book and would love to make parallels with perl threads API. > For mod_perl I think the biggest improvment over 5.6.1 is the fact that > a) why use _r functions Can you please expand on this one? Do you mean that in 5.6.1 one has to use _r equivalents instead of certain unsafe POSIX functions to achieve thread-safeness and 5.7.x has this transparent to developers? > b) regexes are threadsafe what about things like chdir? _____________________________________________________________________ Stas Bekman JAm_pH -- Just Another mod_perl Hacker http://stason.org/ mod_perl Guide http://perl.apache.org/guide mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ticketmaster.com http://apacheweek.com http://singlesheaven.com http://perl.apache.org http://perlmonth.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
