Re: New 'threads' methods

At 9:39 AM -0700 7/5/06, Jerry D. Hedden wrote:
>I'm planning to add some new methods to the 'threads' module, and I
>would like a concensus on the method names:
>
>Method to tell if a thread is still 'running' (i.e., the thread entry
>point function has not yet exited).  Possible names:
>    $thr->running()
>    $thr->isrunning()
>    $thr->is_running()
>
>Method to tell if a thread is detached.  Possible names:
>    $thr->detached()
>    $thr->isdetached()
>    $thr->is_detached()
>
>Method to tell if a thread is ready to be joined.  This returns true if
>a thread is not detached, is no longer running, and has not been
>previously joined.  Possible names:
>    $thr->joinable()
>    $thr->isjoinable()
>    $thr->is_joinable()
>    $thr->canjoin()
>    $thr->can_join()
>    $thr->join_ready()
>
>Suggestions for other methods would also be welcomed.

As you seem to adopt much of the functionality of the Thread::Running module

   http://search.cpan.org/~elizabeth/Thread-Running/

you might want to keep the same method names as a courtesy to the 
Thread::Running users.  And it would allow me to retract 
Thread::Running from CPAN altogether.


Liz