Re: Threads signalling issue [was RE: threads change]

On Jul 14, 2006, at 5:39 PM, Jan Dubois wrote:

>
>> I don't think the fix is to add locking into the dispatcher :D
>
> I stand by my claim that the code is safe and correct as is.
>
> You have to try harder to come up with an example that shows how this
> can fail. :)
>
> Cheers,
> -Jan
>
> PS: See also here for the discussion about exactly the same topic in
> May:
>
> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/ 
> perl.perl5.porters/;msgid=20060509232219.
> GT2831%5Bat%5Diabyn.com?show_headers=1
>
>

I owe you a big beer, I hope you will be at OSCON? :)

The mutex will issue a memory barrier, so it should be safe.

Artur