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Drop-in replacement for Perl threads using fork()
Branch: CURRENT,
Version: 0.36nb10,
Package name: p5-forks-0.36nb10,
Maintainer: pkgsrc-usersThe forks.pm module is a drop-in replacement for threads.pm. It
has the same syntax as the threads.pm module (it even takes over
its namespace) but has some significant differences:
- you do _not_ need a special (threaded) version of Perl
- it is _much_ more economic with memory usage on OS's that support COW
- it is more efficient in the startup of threads
- it is slightly less efficient in the stopping of threads
- it is less efficient in inter-thread communication
If for nothing else, it allows you to use the Perl threading model
in non-threaded Perl builds and in older versions of Perl (5.6.0
and higher are supported).
Required to run:[
lang/perl5] [
devel/p5-Devel-Symdump] [
devel/p5-List-MoreUtils] [
sysutils/p5-Sys-SigAction] [
devel/p5-Acme-Damn]
Required to build:[
pkgtools/cwrappers]
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Filesize: 108.538 KB
Version history: (Expand)
- (2024-11-16) Updated to version: p5-forks-0.36nb10
- (2023-07-06) Updated to version: p5-forks-0.36nb9
- (2022-06-28) Updated to version: p5-forks-0.36nb8
- (2021-05-25) Updated to version: p5-forks-0.36nb7
- (2020-09-01) Updated to version: p5-forks-0.36nb6
- (2019-08-11) Updated to version: p5-forks-0.36nb5
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