Chaim Frenkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>>>>> "DS" == Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>DS> At 10:42 PM 8/1/00 -0400, Chaim Frenkel wrote:
>>> We may need that all variables are by default lexical.
>>>
>>> Without the explicit declaration of cross-thread visible variables, doing
>>> threading may well be difficult (on one's fingers)
>
>DS> The two things are orthogonal. Threading doesn't place any sort of
>DS> requirements on lexical or package variable visibility. We could do a deep
>DS> clone ala 5.6.0's ITHREADS, or a partial clone, or start new threads with
>DS> empty package stashes. Or any (or all) combinations of the above.
>
>
>Please explain what the utility of having unshared variables?
Thread local storage - is often what you want most of.
>I might
>as well just fork().
That assumes you can fork() ...
>
><chaim>
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