I'm *really* confused now. I've read topic after topic on this list saying that fork doesn't work on Windows. I've tried some trivial examples and it work. Other's have written that it works in some case but not all. One note said that a program worked most of the time but occasionally gets all forked up. What's the official word on 5.6.1 (build 633).
-----Original Message----- From: Jan Dubois [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 16:45 PM To: prefab Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: thread limit in fork? Importance: Low On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 15:09:26 -0800 (PST), prefab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Does anyone know where this limit comes from and if it >is possible to configure a higher number of threads? Yes, there is a limit of 64 *concurrent* threads in Perl on Windows. The limit comes from using the WaitForMultipleObjects() API for the implementation of the wait() function. It would be possible to do better by e.g. chaining multiple blocks of 64 handles together using event semaphores, but somebody has to actually do it. It is not as easy as just changing a constant and recompiling the sources. Patches welcome! :) Note that you must use wait/waitpid to reap your forked children. Otherwise the slots in the thread table won't become available again for new threads. Cheers, -Jan _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
