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NAME

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

VERSION

Version 0.034

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).

id()

Get an opaque but primitive identifier for thread.

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 ('exit', 'normal', $id, @return_value), in case of an unnatural death it will contain ('exit', 'error', $id, $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:

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2009, 2010 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.