NAME

threads::lite::tid - a threads::lite thread id

VERSION

Version 0.010

SYNOPSIS

This module represents a thread ID object. It provides a handle to a thread.

FUNCTIONS

send(@list)

Send a message to a thread. The message items may contain any data type that can be serialized by Storable (including coderefs).

monitor

Monitor the thread. This will cause the calling thread to get a notification of the thread's end. In case of a natural death it returns ('normal', @return_value), in case of an unnatural death it will contain ('error', $exception).

rpc(@args)

This is a utility function. It send prepended by the sending process' tid, and waits for a reply prepended by the tid, and returns it without the tid.

AUTHOR

Leon Timmermans, <leont at cpan.org>

BUGS

This is an early release, it is expected to have plenty of bugs.

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-threads-lite at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=threads-lite. 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 threads::lite

You can also look for information at:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2009 Leon Timmermans, all rights reserved.

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

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