At 9:39 AM -0700 7/5/06, Jerry D. Hedden wrote:
I'm planning to add some new methods to the 'threads' module, and I
would like a concensus on the method names:
Method to tell if a thread is still 'running' (i.e., the thread entry
point function has not yet exited). Possible names:
$thr->running()
$thr->isrunning()
$thr->is_running()
Method to tell if a thread is detached. Possible names:
$thr->detached()
$thr->isdetached()
$thr->is_detached()
Method to tell if a thread is ready to be joined. This returns true if
a thread is not detached, is no longer running, and has not been
previously joined. Possible names:
$thr->joinable()
$thr->isjoinable()
$thr->is_joinable()
$thr->canjoin()
$thr->can_join()
$thr->join_ready()
Suggestions for other methods would also be welcomed.
As you seem to adopt much of the functionality of the Thread::Running module
http://search.cpan.org/~elizabeth/Thread-Running/
you might want to keep the same method names as a courtesy to the
Thread::Running users. And it would allow me to retract
Thread::Running from CPAN altogether.
Liz
