Re: Async messages to a thread.

[lindenk]

void foo(Tid parent) {
    bool run = true;
    while(run)
    {
         //do_some_blocking_function();
         receiveTimeout(dur!"msecs"(0),
             (string s){if(s == "STAHP!") run = false;}
         );
    }
    // clean up
    send(parent, "done");
}


void main()
{
    auto tid = spawn(&foo, thisTid);

    // do stuff / wait for some condition

    send(tid, "STAHP!");
    auto msg = receiveOnly!(string)();
    assert(msg == "done");
}

Ah, no I mean, what if do_some_blocking_function blocks for some 
indeterminate amount of time. I would like it to exit even when 
it is currently blocking (as it could be unpredictable when it 
will stop blocking).