Re: [RFC] Stringify a thread

Jerry D. Hedden proposed:
> I'm considering a one line addition to the threads module
> to overload the string value of a thread to return its ID:
> 
>   '""' => sub { shift->tid() }
> 
> Since thread IDs are unique, thread objects could be used
> as hash keys in a more rational way:
>   $timeouts{$thr} = $secs;
> 
> Also, it would also simply such things as:
>   print("Thread $thr running...\n");

Nicholas Clark commented:
> I can't see that it's backwards compatible.

Does it have to be?  For example, according to CPANTS there are no CPAN
modules that have 'threads' as a requirement other than
'thread::shared', 'Thread::Suspend' and 'Thread::Cancel', and I know
they won't break.


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