--- Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 03, 2006 at 03:51:45PM -0700, Paul Hodges wrote:
> : { no threads;
> :print @_.»();
> : }
>
> It seems a bit odd to use a construct for its syntactic sugar value
> but take away its semantics...
>
> If you just need ordering, this (o
On Sat, Jun 03, 2006 at 03:51:45PM -0700, Paul Hodges wrote:
: --- Ashley Winters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: > On 6/2/06, Paul Hodges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: > >
: > > my @answer = map { async { &_() } } @jobs;
: >
: > That still seems too explicit. I thought we had hyperoperators to
: > i
--- Ashley Winters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 6/2/06, Paul Hodges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > my @answer = map { async { &_() } } @jobs;
>
> That still seems too explicit. I thought we had hyperoperators to
> implictly parallelize for us:
>
> my @answer = @jobs.»();
>
> Which would
On 6/2/06, Paul Hodges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Though if that works, you could squish this example even more, to
class QueueRunner {
our sub process_queue(Code @jobs_in) {
map { async { &_() } } @jobs_in;
}
}# end QueueRunner
# Elsewhere...
my @answer = QueueRunner.process
--- John Drago <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
. . .
> > class QueueRunner {
> >our sub process_queue(Code @jobs_in) {
> > my @ans is serial;
> > @ans.push map { async { &_() } } @jobs_in;
> > @ans;
> >}
> > }
> > my @answer = QueueRunner.process_job_queue( @jobs );
>
> Actual
> > > You mean "is parallel" as a synonym for "is async"?
> >
> > I think "is parallel" denotes something as usable by multiple threads
> > simultaneously, "in parallel".
> > "is serial" would denote that only one thread can use the $thing at a
> > time, exclusively.
>
> Are you saying both are as
--- John Drago <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > You mean "is parallel" as a synonym for "is async"?
>
> I think "is parallel" denotes something as usable by multiple threads
> simultaneously, "in parallel".
> "is serial" would denote that only one thread can use the $thing at a
> time, exclusively
> > James Mastros wrote:
> > > I don't like the name synchronized -- it implies that multiple
> > > things are happening at the same time, as in synchronized swiming,
> > > which is exactly the opposite of what should be implied.
> > > "Serialized" would be a nice name, except it implies serializ
--- John Drago <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> James Mastros wrote:
> > I don't like the name synchronized -- it implies that multiple
> > things are happening at the same time, as in synchronized swiming,
> > which is exactly the opposite of what should be implied.
> > "Serialized" would be a nice n
in Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 9:43 AM
> To: perl6-language@perl.org
> Subject: Re: Synchronized / Thread syntax in Perl 6
>
> On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 03:41:06PM -0600, John Drago wrote:
> > class Foo is synchronized {
> > ...
&
James Mastros wrote:
> I don't like the name synchronized -- it implies that multiple things are
> happening at the same time, as in synchronized swiming, which is exactly the
> opposite of what should be implied. "Serialized" would be a nice name,
> except it implies serializing to a serial form
On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 03:41:06PM -0600, John Drago wrote:
> class Foo is synchronized {
> ...
> }
>
> our method Bar is synchronized {
> ...
> }
>
> class Baz {
> has $.Bux is synchronized;
> }
To everyone participating in this thread:
There has already been a draft spec for concurrency
How about one of these?
==
class Baz {
has $.a is restricted;
has $.b is controlled;
has $.c is unique;
has $.d is shared;
has $.e is queued;
has $.f is token;
...
}
--- John Drago <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I asked this via the Google Groups interfa
We could always go with the Windows API "Critical Section" name. Locked is
probably as good a descriptor, and avoids anything associated with Windows.
Sage
James Mastros skribis 2006-05-31 12:03 (+0100):
> I don't like the name synchronized -- it implies that multiple things
are
> happening at
James Mastros skribis 2006-05-31 12:03 (+0100):
> I don't like the name synchronized -- it implies that multiple things are
> happening at the same time, as in synchronized swiming, which is exactly the
> opposite of what should be implied. "Serialized" would be a nice name,
> except it implies se
On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 03:41:06PM -0600, John Drago wrote:
> I asked this via the Google Groups interface a few weeks ago, but I'm not
> sure if it made it here.
> I am asking again in case the question never made it onto the list.
>
> Has the syntax for synchronized/threaded @things been worked
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