On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:17:39 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (MrJoltCola)
wrote:
> At 05:57 PM 3/31/2005, Nigel Sandever wrote:
> >Is Parrot bytecode reentrant?
>
> Yes.
>
> >That is, if I want to have two instances of a class in each of two
> >threads, will
> >the bytecode for the class need to be loaded twice?
>
> No, just once.
>
> >Also, will it be possible to pass objects (handles/references) between
> >threads?
>
> Yes, otherwise threads are no more useful than processes.
>
> -Melvin
>
Thanks. Another question arises.
When a sub that closes over a variable
my $closure = 0;
sub do_something {
return $closure++:
}
is called from two threads, do the threads share a single closure or each get
their own separate closure?
njs
