wouldn't it be nice: $thread->DESTROY
To stop a thread from outside the thread. best, tom On Mon, 3 May 2004, Mike Pomraning wrote: > On Sun, 2 May 2004, Thomas S Brettin wrote: > > > Is there an easy way to stop a thread from outside the thread? I'ld like > > to do something simple like: > > > > my $thread = threads->new($code_ref); > > ... > > $thread->stop(); > > > > Thanks for any help. > > There's no notion of 'thread cancellation' in perl. If you can run > Thread::Signal (see that module's CAVEATS), then Thread::Stop offers a kill() > method which behaves as you expect. > > -Mike > -- Thomas Brettin 505-699-7540 (mobile) 505-665-3334 (office)
