Re: HTML::Parser is not thread-safe

On Jan 12, 2007, at 3:12 AM, Gisle Aas wrote:

> On 1/11/07, Gisle Aas <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Anybody with threads know-how that can help?
>
> Bo Lindbergh provided a patch that fixes this problem and
> HTML-Parser-3.56 has now been uploaded to CPAN with this fix.  Thanks
> Bo!
>
> --Gisle

That was quick. Thank you!

It seems to work fine now, except that, if a Parser object is created  
within a thread *other than* the main thread, perl complains about  
leaking scalars when the program exits.

$ perl -MHTML::Parser -Mthreads -le'(async{new HTML::Parser})->join;  
END { print "end" }'
end
Scalars leaked: 1

But if the object is created in the main thread, there are no error  
messages at all.


Father Chrysostomos


P.S.: I am not trying to put pressure on anyone--this module works  
well enough for me as it is. I am simply trying to help by pointing  
out bugs.