Thank you Massimo. That's funny I woke up this morning and also thought that I should try using the TCL thread.
I will try and report. Thank you, Brice. On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 5:54 AM, Massimo Manghi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 06/12/2018 04:11 AM, Brice Hamon wrote: > >> >> Hi guys, >> >> I spent some time today trying to figure out why the share lib works >> fine under the tclsh but not within rivet. >> >> I haven't found the pattern yet. But so far: >> >> - If I have a vwait forever in the RivetChildInit script, my lib loads >> fine and all the threads are spinning nicely and my TCL callbacks are >> called. >> > > I think Harald had the best understanding of the whole matter. This > problem bit hard with him, didn't it Harald? > > >> - But if I have a vwait forever in the RivetChildInit script, rivet is >> stuck and does not serve any incoming http requests. >> >> > I guess a 'not' is missing in this sentence > > I tried to create a slave interpreter in the load, which passed it along >> the library ..._init C hookup function but this did not help. >> >> So this is not an easy one. >> >> Thank you >> Brice. >> >> > Not exactly a workaround, but rather an alternative solution worth > exploring are Tcl threads. I never had a real need of using Tcl threads > with Rivet scripts but I once made a test (I published this test in a > message to this list) and they worked out. The test was simply a script > that created a pool of threads doing something trivial and then the main > thread joined with them listing the "order of arrival" of the threads in > the pool. Do you think it can fix into your design? > > Another possibility, when everything fails and you need very fine > control over the interaction with C/C++ code, could be.....writing a new > specialized bridge. Yes, I know the downsides have to be careful > considered, it's the most expensive solution in terms of development but > you would have a total control over your threads communication > > -- Massimo > > Firma il tuo 5 x mille all’Università di Parma e aiuta così i nostri > studenti che vogliono realizzare un’esperienza di studio all’estero – > Indica 00308780345 nella tua denuncia dei redditi. >
