Seems that if I also pass the keys as references as well, it works in my test. I was assuming that sharing/passing the main hash would cover it, but I wasa mistaken. Reading all the perldocs will drive you crazy in a couple of days though!
Thanks, Greg On Thu, 05 Sep 2002 09:09:29 +0200 Elizabeth Mattijsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 04:01 PM 9/4/02 -0500, Greg Oliver wrote: > >Hi, I am just diving into Perl and threads especially. > > > >I am using Thread::Pool, Thread::Use, Thread::Tie and LWP::UserAgent > >in my script. LWP::UserAgent is local to the subroutine with Thread::Use > > > >which is a 3 level hash of hashes. No problem, I can use it just fine > >anywhere in the program. I cannot Thread::Tie is like I can any of > >my other %s or @s though. Single hashes and all arrays seem to work as > >expected. > > You would need to tie each of the sub hashes seperately, that should > work. If someone could point me to a way to have this automatically > happen, I would like to know. > > > >The script basically runs through a city/domain/engine combination > >and gets a result for each. It is "supposed" to store the results > >into the main %Results so I can print it out after all of the LWP > >requests are complete, but as soon as the has is updated (and I can > >check and see it is) and the subroutine is finished for that > >particular combination, the hash entry disappears. > > > >I can remove all threading points from the program, run it synchronous > >(very slow), and all the problems go away. > > > >I have tried: > > > >o Passing %Results as a reference to the subroutine > >o Passing nothing, and just trying to update the global > >o Running $pool->waitfor (get results, and can update from main > > portion of program outside the subroutine, but is just like > > running non-threaded if I have to wait :) > > > >I have not successfully been able to Thread::Tie the %HoHoH as well. Probably > >related and something I do not know how to do. Also, I know I can use POE > >for this, but what is the fun in that? I am just trying to learn a little, > >but sometimes it gets a bit confusing. > > Could you post me some of your code, offline if you will, so that I can > have a look at what exactly is going wrong, either in the code, the > documentation, my head and/or your head? ;-) I have programs running > that do exactly what you describe (well, what I can gather from your > description ;-) > > > > Liz >
