NAME
Thread::State - check threads' state
SYNOPSIS
use threads;
use Thread::State;
my $thr = threads->new(sub { ... });
while ( $thr->is_running ) {
...
}
if ($thr->is_joined) {
...
}
print threads->is_detached; # main thread is detached.DESCRIPTION
This module adds some methods to threads which are used to check threads' state (is detached? joined? finished?).
Thread::Running is also for the same aim. It hacks threads::new, threads::join, and threads::detach. On the other hand, Thread::State peeks at the ithread structures directly.
METHODS
All below methods can be used as class methods. In that case, they return a current thread's state.
- is_running
-
The thread is not finished.
- is_finished
-
The thread is finished.
- is_joined
-
The thread is joined.
- is_detached
-
The thread is detached.
- is_joinable
-
The thread is joinable (not joined, not detached).
NOTE
With Perl 5.8.0 on Windows, is_joined and is_joinable may not work correctly. This is the problem of threads itself.
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
Makamaka Hannyaharamitu, <makamaka[at]donzoko.net>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright 2006 by Makamaka Hannyaharamitu
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.