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Thread-Cleanup-0.07
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NAME

Thread::Cleanup - Hook thread destruction.

VERSION

Version 0.07

SYNOPSIS

use Thread::Cleanup;

use threads;

Thread::Cleanup::register {
 my $tid = threads->tid();
 warn "Thread $tid finished\n";
};

DESCRIPTION

This module allows you to hook thread destruction without fiddling with the internals of threads.

It acts globally on all the threads that may spawn anywhere in your program, with the exception of the main thread.

The hooks registered with this module will also be called when pseudo-forks (i.e. processes spawn on Windows for the fork emulation) terminate.

FUNCTIONS

register

register { ... };
&register($coderef);

Specify that the given block or code reference $coderef will have to be called (in void context, without arguments) every time a thread or a pseudo-fork terminates. More precisely :

  • For joined threads, it will be called when join succeeds, after any END block local to the spawn thread ;

  • For detached threads, it will be called if and only if the thread terminates before the main thread, and the hook will then fire at global END time ;

  • For pseudo-forks, it will be called when waitpid succeeds, after any local or global END block ;

  • It will never trigger for the destruction of the main thread.

EXPORT

None.

DEPENDENCIES

perl 5.8.

A C compiler. This module may happen to build with a C++ compiler as well, but don't rely on it, as no guarantee is made in this regard.

threads 1.07.

XSLoader.

AUTHOR

Vincent Pit, <perl at profvince.com>, http://www.profvince.com.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-thread-cleanup at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Thread-Cleanup. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

perldoc Thread::Cleanup

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Inspired by a question from TonyC on #p5p.

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2009,2010,2013,2014 Vincent Pit, all rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.