Control: tag -1 + upstream wontfix On Tue, 06 Feb 2018 15:34:49 +0100, Łukasz Stelmach wrote:
> The following program exposes a bug in JSON::XS module which makes the > program die. > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > #!/usr/bin/perl > > use JSON; > use threads; > > my $thnum = int($ARGV[0]); > > $href{"foo"} = "bar"; > > for (1..$thnum) { > threads->create(sub { print "quick thread\n" }); > } > foreach (threads->list()) { $_->join(); } > > print to_json(\%href); > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > For any number of threads other than 0 (e.g. "perl prog.pl 1") the > program dies printing[1] This is a know and documented limitation: (I-)THREADS This module is *not* guaranteed to be ithread (or MULTIPLICITY-) safe and there are no plans to change this. Note that perl's builtin so-called theeads/ithreads are officially deprecated and should not be used. Given this statement by upstream, it doesn't look like they're going to change this behaviour … Cheers, gregor -- .''`. https://info.comodo.priv.at -- Debian Developer https://www.debian.org : :' : OpenPGP fingerprint D1E1 316E 93A7 60A8 104D 85FA BB3A 6801 8649 AA06 `. `' Member VIBE!AT & SPI Inc. -- Supporter Free Software Foundation Europe `- NP: Dire Straits: Ride Across The River
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