> On 8 Sep 2017, at 05:16, Norman Gaywood <ngayw...@une.edu.au> wrote: > > Several weeks ago there was this post: > http://www.evanmiller.org/why-im-learning-perl-6.html > > That gave this example of perl6 N:M threads in action: > > use v6.d.PREVIEW; > > my $channel = Channel.new; > > my @ten_tasks = (^10).map: { > start { > my $thread = $*THREAD.id; > await $channel; > say "HOLY MOLEY SOMEONE STOLE MY THREAD" if $thread != $*THREAD.id; > } > } > > $channel.send("Ring ring") for ^10; > $channel.close; > > await @ten_tasks; > > > It demonstrates that perl6 will not tie up a thread in the thread pool just > sitting around waiting (I think). > > The example is intended to be condensed without any surplus code. > So my question is, is the $channel.close required? Leave it out and the code > still seems to work. Am I missing some subtle point?
Jonathan tells me the .close is not required: https://irclog.perlgeek.de/moarvm/2017-09-11#i_15148891 Liz
