On Tue, 10 Jul 2001 14:23:55 +0200, Artur Bergman wrote:
>
>I think it would be nice to be able to specify the root of where perl_clone
>will clone the data structure.
Good, this was always the idea.
>For a thread there is no point in cloning whatever the start sub does not
>see (*). Or maybe you just want to clone a certain amount of packages.
>
>For a safe compartment you might want to only want to clone the package the
>safe code is allowed to access.
>
>I have had one request for someone who wants an empty thread to start
>working off.
>
>I suspect that this is something to do with.
>
>PL_defstash, PL_curstash, PL_nullstash, PL_debstach, PL_globalstash,
>PL_curstname, PL_beginav, PL_endav, PL_checkav, PL_initav.
>
>Could it be so simple to duplicate a given package and set it as globalstah?
I think you may need to be careful about references to stashes in the
data that is being cloned. Objects like to point at their stashes,
for instance.
>Btw, why do you we need to duplicate PL_beginav, PL_checkav and PL_initav?
Probably don't need to for the threads case. It is there for the fork()
emulation. I suggest making it conditional on a flag.
Sarathy
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